Canada’s BC Transit Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments, as Cubic Seeks to Keep Pace in SaaS-Ticketing Market
Canadian transit authority BC Transit has announced that in “coming months” it will prepare to launch open-loop payments, as its vendor, Cubic Transportation Systems, upgrades and tests its software-as-a-service fare platform Umo to make the technology available.
Cubic has enabled open loop for years for large transit agencies via its enterprise business, featuring its Urban Mobility Back Office. But it has struggled to add open-loop capability to its SaaS-based Umo platform–as it seeks to keep pace with rival Masabi in the SaaS-ticketing market
In-Depth: Cubic’s Hardware-Free Option for Mobile Ticketing; Will It Find a Market?
Cubic Transportation Systems has introduced an option for riders to scan printed QR codes with the vendor’s Umo mobile-ticketing app, targeting its main North American market.
The option, first trialed by Cubic in taxis last year in Chile, is aimed at small transit agencies and paratransit operators. Its “ScanRide” product would allow the agencies to avoid
Cubic Announces Two More Small Transit Agencies Launching Umo, as Company Seeks to Broaden Market Reach
U.S.-based Cubic Transportation Systems has announced contracts with two more small U.S. transit agencies to move to Cubic’s Umo ticketing platform, as the large automated fare-collection system vendor seeks to broaden its market reach.