Cubic Corporation announced that its public transport in the Australian state of Queensland has reached a major milestone with the sale of the three millionth go card. Designed and delivered by Cubic Transportation Systems Australia, the go card electronic ticketing system was fully deployed across TransLink in mid-2008, allowing riders to travel seamlessly on all […]

Cabcharge, a company specializing in taxi payment technologies, recently hit the 2 million contactless payment transactions milestone, according to ZDNet. The company, with payment terminals already widely used across taxis in Australia, is also expecting that number to rise exponentially. Cabcharge particularly has high hopes for MasterCard and Visa contactless payments, which have each racked […]

The Merto-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road, two of New York’s busiest rail services, have begun testing a new ticketing system that uses bar codes on mobile phones instead of paper tickets, according to My Bank Tracker. Developed by mobile ticketing specialist Masabi US, Metro-North’s application enables riders to purchase any kind of […]

The Metro EZ transit pass, a monthly pass good for local travel on 24 different public transit carriers throughout the Greater Los Angeles region, is planning to go paperless as it leaps onto the TAP (Transit Access Pass), L.A. County’s new fare payment system. According to blogdowntown.com, starting Sept. 1, EZ pass will be loaded […]

Students attending New Mexico State University and Doña Ana Community College in Las Cruces will receive city-provided bus rides through next May. All that’s required for this pilot project is a valid student ID from the institutions. The free rides don’t include faculty and staff from either school. It the trial proves successful, the city […]

In an effort to reduce the need for paper tickets while also offering passengers an easier method to pay for their journeys, Newport Bus has launched the new Freedom smartcard, according to BBC News. The free smart card will serve as an alternative to paying cash for paper tickets by deducting the cost from the […]

Clipper is sending out thousands of notifications to transit riders that it will be collecting missed payments due to problems with the system, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Nearly 8,000 uncollected transactions dating as far back as 2010 will receive e-mailed notices through the beginning of September alerting that their accounts will be charged […]