Collection Point

    Collection Point is our quarterly news magazine that sets the standard for all there is to know about revenue management in today’s transit market. Enjoy the latest issue, or previous ones, at your leisure. More.
     

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    NextFare® is Cubic’s open software and hardware platform for today’s revenue management systems. NextFare integrates a business management system and passenger devices for smart card issuing, processing and validating. The open design enables multiple agencies in a region to share resources while keeping all proprietary information separate and secure, giving agencies a way to reduce costs. more

    News

      Interoperable smart ticketing: an idea whose time has come
      Rail Technology Magazine, February-March 2013

      February 15, 2012 was an important date in the development of interoperable contactless electronic "smart" ticketing, in which a single medium - a smart card or a mobile phone, for example - supports multiple types of tickets issued by different mass transit operaors and valid on multiple modes of transport.

      Leaders share their visions
      Passenger Transport, January 11, 2013

      Passenger Transport invited APTA members to comment on their specific projects, top priorities, and public transportation-related New Year’s resolutions for 2013. Here are some of their responses, including Cubic's Matt Cole, sr. vice president, worldwide strategy and business development.

      Victory laps:  Cubic meets its Olympic challenges
      San Diego Business Journal, August 20, 2012

      The people staging the Summer Olympics in London worried about everything from terrorism to bad weather to a mass transit meltdown. Eight time zones away in San Diego, the question at Cubic Corp. was whether Cubic’s equipment on London’s mass transit systems could handle the strain of all the extra riders traveling around the city.

      Open loop transit on the rise
      Contactless News, June 6, 2012

      With agencies wanting to save money using standard payment cards, Cubic's Dave Blue, regional director for sales and marketing, joins the discussion with transit operators including CTA, SEPTA and UTA.

      Industry Forum:  Public Private Partnerships
      Mass Transit Magazine, June 2012

      Budget shortfalls, shrinking traditional funding sources, aging and under-capacity infrastructure and other challenges are leading more transit operators to form public-private partnerships with the private sector.  Min Wei, worldwide vice president, financial operations at Cubic Transportation Systems discusses what you should expect in a P3 and some best practices drawn from Cubic's experience. 

      Fare Collection: A smart successor
      International Railway Journal, January 2012

      Mobile phone ticketing is projected to expand greatly over the next few years.  Kamran Yazdanjoo, director of open payments at Cubic Transportation Systems, considers the advantages of this technology and its impact on passengers using future transit services.
       

      Transit fare collection moves closer to open, mobile in 2012
      Contactless News, January 10, 2012

      Diversity, accessibility and convenience are the watchwords of transport ticketing in 2012, with the momentum building for bank cards and mobile phones to offer options to traditional transit-issued fare media. 

      Events

      May 26-30, 2013
      UITP 60th World Congress & Exhibition
      Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
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      May 30-31, 2013
      Virginia Transit Association 2013 Annual Conference
      Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA
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