Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates
U.S.-based Genfare appears set to receive an approximately $65 million contract from Miami-Dade County, Fla., after beating out three other vendors to supply new fare boxes, ticket-vending machines and transit gates for the county's fare-collection system, Mobility Payments has learned.
Genfare, the incumbent supplier of fare boxes for Miami-Dade Transit’s 850 buses, outscored
Tampa Bay Agencies Launch Open Loop as Fare-Payments Option for Customers
Three transit agencies serving the Tampa Bay region, a major metropolitan area in Florida, have introduced contactless open-loop payments, offering an alternative to the region’s closed-loop card and app, as well as cash and tickets and passes.
Miami Latest U.S. City to Introduce Open-Loop Transit Payments
Transit officials in Miami-Dade County, Fla. are the latest in the U.S. to introduce open-loop payments of fares with contactless credit and debit cards and bank card credentials on NFC wallets, launching the service in August 2019 on the city's relatively small metro network, with plans to expand to buses later.
Contactless Payments of Fares Gets Slow Start in Miami, According to Figures
(This premium article was originally published Jan. 9, 2020, in Mobility Payments’ sister publication NFC Times.) Take-up of open-loop contactless payment of fares in Miami-Dade County, Fla., has been slow so far, more than four months after transit officials launched the service on their small light rail network, according to figures provided to NFC Times. ...