Masabi

🚀 Last week at APTAtech in Philadelphia was an incredible experience! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to discuss our latest Account-Based Ticketing and Open Payments implementations. It was fantastic to connect with so many industry peers and exchange insights on fare collection, revenue management, and reducing cash onboard buses. Stay tuned as we settle back and bring you more reflections from the conference!

🚀 Heading to APTAtech in Philadelphia next week? Visit our team at booth #301 on August 5, and connect with us throughout the conference. We're eager to discuss our latest Account-Based Ticketing and Open Payments implementations, our project with LA Metro integrating transit and concert tickets, and how the Justride ticketing platform is enhancing the rider experience, improving equity, and reducing operational costs for agencies. Thanks to our open architecture platform, you can also experience our integration with various ticket validators like those of HID and Famoco, as well as Masabi's own JRV validator. Our highlights for this conference include: 🌟 Nancy Brooks presenting in the Fare Collection 101 session on Sunday, 4 August, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 🌟 Steve Young participating in the Panel Discussion - Fare Collection Insights: Lessons Learned from Implementation Experiences on Tuesday, 6 August, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 🌟 Katherine Conrad participating in the Panel Discussion - Enhancing the Rider Experience: Leveraging Rewards, Incentives, and Beyond on Tuesday, 6 August, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Connect with our team members, including Josh Nicklin, Rebecca Johnson, Brooke Duffy, Brandon Leonhard, Juan A. Carbonell, Jeff Nullmeyer, Steve Young, Tonya Anderson, Ashleigh Primm, Lydia Rainville, Lisa Rivera LaMantia and Irina Grant . We're looking forward to meeting you and chatting about transit ticketing!

We're thrilled to celebrate four years of partnership with Moovit! 🎉 Together, we've made it easier for riders in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia to seamlessly plan, pay, and ride transit. Cheers to our continued collaboration in making transit more convenient and accessible for all! 🚍🌟

🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎙️ For this month’s episode of Transit Voices, Ben Whitaker sits down with Katherine Conrad, Executive Director at NEORide, the force behind the EZfare regional fare payment system. Katherine shares her insights on the importance of transit operators focusing on their core mission and partnering with experts for complex tasks like journey planning and fare payment. 🌍✨ Tune in to hear her thoughts on: ✅ The advantages of Open Payments ✅ Why competing with tech companies like Google Maps or the Transit app is impractical for transit agencies ✅ The benefits of contactless payment options ✅ Enhancing efficiency through central call centers Don’t miss Katherine’s perspectives on these topics and more. Links are in the comments section. Don't forget to subscribe to get notifications when new episodes are published! #PublicTransit #TransitVoices #OpenPayments #Podcast

🎶 🚍 Exciting news for transit! This summer, Masabi's innovative ticketing technology is powering an integrated ticketing pilot program for LA Metro and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association for the 2024 Hollywood Bowl summer season. Concert-goers can now buy their transit tickets along with their event tickets, making it easier to choose public transit. For more than 70 Hollywood Bowl shows this summer, Metro will provide QR codes powered by Masabi as the digital transit pass for attendees who bundle their concert ticket with a transit pass. Masabi delivered this solution in just two weeks, showing how quickly and efficiently we can deploy our technology. This seamless integration helps reduce traffic congestion and the need for parking, making the concert experience better by eliminating the stress of driving. Imagine the benefits of this feature for concerts and big events across the country. By making public transit the convenient choice, we can improve traffic flow, reduce parking demands, and offer a stress-free travel experience for event attendees everywhere. If you're interested in implementing this in your city, contact us to get a demo. More information about our launch with LA Metro can be found in the comments section.

🚀 Exciting News! Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) and Masabi have teamed up to bring mobile ticketing to Google Wallet! Riders can now buy and save COTA tickets directly from Google Maps on Android devices. This seamless integration allows for planning and paying for trips in one place, making public transit in Columbus more accessible and convenient than ever. Sophia Mohr, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer of COTA, says this about the launch, "Integrating COTA trip planning and purchasing into Google Maps improves access to our services for a broad range of customers." Get more details about COTA’s launch in Google Maps. Link is in the comments section. #PublicTransit #PublicTransportation

🎧#WeekendListen: Dive into the latest episode of the Transit Voices podcast featuring Guillermo Campoamor, as he explores the future of MaaS. Here are the highlights of what he has to say about it: ✔️Corporate Mobility Focus: There's a growing trend towards intermodal apps for corporate commuters, driven by sustainability goals. ✔️City "Operating Systems": Well-structured cities are implementing MaaS-like solutions, creating comprehensive urban mobility platforms. ✔️Smart City Integration: Mobility is becoming a crucial vertical within broader smart city initiatives. ✔️Balanced Regulation: Success lies in finding the right balance - enough structure to ensure quality service, but not so much that it deters providers. ✔️Benchmark Cities: Singapore stands out as a model for well-regulated, reliable, and connected transportation systems. What are your thoughts on the future of MaaS?🚉 #TransitVoices #podcast

🚆 Exciting news for Boston transit! The MBTA has secured a $67 million federal grant to improve accessibility on their Green Line. Key highlights of this milestone project: ✅Important changes to 14 MBTA stops ✅ Raising platforms to eliminate the 14-inch step barrier ✅ Widening, levelling, and illuminating platforms for improved safety ✅ Ensuring full ADA compliance for the nation's oldest light rail subway line This initiative will significantly enhance the transit experience for over 100,000 daily riders, particularly benefiting those with disabilities, elderly passengers, and individuals with strollers or carts. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng states: "A successful transportation system is one which allows everyone the freedom of unimpeded mobility” #PublicTransit #MBTA #CustomerHighlight https://hubs.ly/Q02FbHwf0

🚀 Congratulations to NEORide for welcoming its 35th member, the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA)! This milestone expands NEORide's reach to nine states! The partnership between NEORide and Masabi has been instrumental in developing and delivering EZfare, the leading fare payment platform now used by 15 transit agencies across Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Congratulations to NEORide and CARTA! We look forward to continuing our partnership in making public transit more affordable and accessible to all riders.

We’re thrilled to announce a significant milestone here at Masabi: we were recently awarded a $97 million contract extension by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), spanning up to 12 years. Since the 2016 launch of MTA’s eTix mobile ticketing service, Masabi’s software has become critical to railroad fare collection operations. Today, 70 percent of MNR and LIRR’s revenue is enabled by mobile ticketing. We’re delighted to be supporting the MTA in enhancing the TrainTime app and completing OMNY delivery, while continuing to create experiences that MTA riders love. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber stated, "The new approach is going to give users the sense of interoperability they expect while limiting MTA's contractor risk and saving millions of dollars." The MTA's trust in us to manage the future of fare payment on the railroads is a testament to our capabilities, and we are excited to see what the next decade brings! Find the link to the full article in the comments section below. #PublicTransport #FarePayment #Innovation