Transport for London (TfL) has launched a public proposal to seek customers’ views on the idea of discontinuing cash fare payment on all London buses by 2014, according to Kensington & Chelsea Today. This year, cash fares will make up less than one percent of bus journeys – down from 25% in 2000. Paying with […]

Transit users have launched a petition calling on TransLink to revisit a proposed “double transit fee” for cash paying bus riders that will come into effect with the introduction of the transit’s new Compass Card, according to The Vancouver Sun. Under the new system, bus passengers who pay cash fares will no longer be able […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has received a $54.5 million six-year extension to the company’s system support services contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). This service extension covers the repair and maintenance of Metro’s rail fare collection equipment, TAP validators for regional bus operators and the back office systems that process the TAP […]

VeriFone announced that its PAYware Wynid managed payments solution is powering passenger ticket purchases aboard France’s national railroad operated by SNCF Group. Deployment began in April with the first 1,000 handheld devices. An additional 12,000 units are expected to roll out over three months and handle an estimated 1.65 million payment transactions annually across the SNCF-managed […]

Cubic Transportation Systems announced that Sydney’s Opal contactless smart card for public transport has reached a major milestone, with more than 10,000 cards issued since customer trials began by Transports for New South Wales. The Opal system, installed by the Cubic-led Pearl Consortium, is being rolled out across ferries, trains, buses and light rail in […]

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is conducting a pilot program to enable drivers to the ability to use their Clipper transit fare cards to pay for parking. The Park with Clipper program enables drivers in San Francisco use their Clipper cards to pay for parking at select garages, including the Japan Center Garage (at […]

TransLink has opened up registration for beta testing Compass, the transit’s new “tap in” and “tap out” electronic fare card set to arrive in late 2013. Once fully implemented, Compass Card will replace all current passes and tickets, including West Coast Express products. The Compass Cards can be loaded with the fare product based on […]

Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is in the midst of rolling out a more sophisticated smart card system as part of the transits move to a new electronic fare program. According to Cincinnati.com, electronic fare boxes have been equipped on the transit’s nearly 350 buses. A rider will tell the driver this destination and […]

TriMet, the public agency responsible for mass transit in the Portland metropolitan area, is proposing a new electronic fare system to replace weekly and monthly passes starting in 2015, according to Oregon Live. The planned $30 million electronic fare system would change the way people buy and use tickets to ride TriMet, enabling riders to […]

TransLink, the Australian transit authority responsible for transport in South East Queensland, has extended its go card electronic ticketing scheme to include ferry services for Southern Moreton Bay Islands (SMBI). Designed and delivered by Cubic Transportation Systems, part of the transportation systems division of Cubic Corporation, go card enables users to travel seamlessly on all […]