‘Hardware-as-a-Service’? Another Transit Agency Proposes Unconventional Model to Procure New Fare System
Another transit agency has opted for an unconventional approach to procuring its new fare system, planning to hire a vendor to run the entire system-including furnishing thousands of validators–in exchange for a fixed service fee and a commission on monthly ticketing revenue.
Polish transit agency ZTM is following another agency in this approach, AVM in Venice, Italy, which a
In-Depth: Low Bid to Italian Agency’s Open-Loop Tender Came in Well Below Estimates
After the pandemic, AVM, the Italian public transit agency that runs buses, trams, water buses and shuttles in Venice, Italy, wanted a low-cost, low-risk way to introduce open-loop payments to riders in the tourist mecca.