British Transit Agency Adds Closed-Loop Card to Google Pay for Pay-as-You-Go Fares
Riders on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England are now able to tap to pay for pay-as-you-go fares with a digital version of the closed-loop Pop card in Google Pay.
Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service
Nearly a year after Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched open-loop payments for its multimodal transport network, the agency was seeing around 15% of its total fare revenue coming from contactless EMV payments, according to figures obtained by Mobility Payments.
California Open-Loop Program Chief: Transit Agencies Should Stop Thinking They Need to Create a ‘Separate Currency’
Gillian Gillett, manager for the California Integrated Mobility program in the state Department of Transportation, once observed that 97% of Californians never even think about using public transit. “I mean, if we were a business, we would be out of business,” she sighed.
Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, or LADOT, the city-owned transit agency that runs fixed-route and commuter bus service in and around the city, plans to launch a trial of open-loop payments as part of the California Integrated Travel Project, Mobility Payments has learned.
Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping
Italian transit operator AMT along with Visa have launched a pilot of open-loop fares payments, enabling multipassenger fare capping for the first time in Italy–and probably for one of the first times globally.
Paris Transit Authority Confirms Plans to Launch Closed-Loop Navigo Cards on Android and Apple Devices
Île-de-France Mobilités, the large Paris transit authority serving Paris and the surrounding region, has confirmed that a digital version of its Navigo closed-loop fare card will be available on both Android and iOS devices, although the availability with Apple will not happen until later in 2023.
Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model
Transit agencies planning to roll out new electronic fare-collection systems have typically hired automated fare-collection vendors to handle the entire projects, from supplying the validators and payments processing to building or procuring the back office and integrating the various parts into a complete system.
Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform
The Milwaukee County Transit System today announced its plans to launch its new fare-collection system using the Umo Mobility platform from Cubic Transportation Systems in the fall. The system will support mobile fare payments and closed-loop contactless cards, as well as open-loop payments, though it’s not clear when the open-loop service will actually launch.
French City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments, Though France Catching Up with Other European Countries
The city of Besançon in Eastern France has launched contactless open-loop fare payments supporting Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit and debit cards, as well as cards supporting France’s Cartes Bancaires domestic debit scheme.
In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies
Despite the strong push behind electronic fare payments and buzz around going cashless, only a few transit agencies in the U.S. have actually eliminated cash acceptance on board their buses and other vehicles or plan to do so.