Los Angeles Open-Loop Payments Pilot ‘Targeted’ for End of Year
Los Angeles transit officials are targeting the end of the year to launch a “mobility wallet,” offering subsidized fares for low-income riders–including 1,000 users of open-loop payments–a spokesman for one of the agencies involved told Mobility Payments.
Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards
Transit agencies continue to see long lead times on their closed-loop card orders because of supply-chain issues, and the situation is unlikely to improve this year.
‘No Way We were Going to Ask for Half a Billion Dollars…’
Unlike other major transit agencies in the U.S., which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars replacing or upgrading their fare-collection systems, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has taken a different approach.