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Mass Transit Rider Research Report: Key Factors Influencing Ridership in North America
The report, based on a survey of over 1000 US residents with access to public transit services, sheds light on some of the behaviors impacting public transit ridership across the nation and explores the effect new technologies and new urban mobility services, such as ridesharing, are having on the mobility ecosystem.
The survey reveals that riders are combining shared private and public transit options and taking multimodal journeys in greater numbers than expected. It also shows that their primary driver for using public transit is convenience and as such technologies such as mobile ticketing and vehicle location tracking are having a positive effect on ridership numbers.
Intelligent Transport Webinar: Placing public transport at the centre of MaaS
This webinar looks at the different approaches to MaaS currently being proposed and discusses the various benefits these offer and the challenges they face. Topics include:
- An overview of MaaS and the current state of the market
- Comparing subscription and Account Based MaaS offerings
- Providing real-world examples of MaaS from around the globe including Kisio’s PlanBookTicket and Transit App
- Offer a step-by-step process for evolving current solutions into a MaaS offering
- Findings from the Landor Links Annual Survey of Mobility as a Service
Mass Transit Research Report: The Future of Fare Collection
In this Mass Transit research report over 200 North American Transport Professionals share their views on the Future of Fare Collection.
Key findings include:
- Top 3 challenges new fare collection systems need to solve: 1) 76% cited fare evasion; 2) 69% cash handling and operations; 3) 66% customer satisfaction.
- Within 5 years, paper tickets are expected to be surpassed by smartcards, mobile barcode, and contactless EMV.
- 87% of transport agencies have implemented or are implementing mobile ticketing.
Intelligent Transport: Southern Nevada RTC Ticketing Case Study
The article looks at the Best-of-Breed approach RTCSNV took in helping revolutionize the rider experience for riders in Las Vegas by linking together Masabi and Transit App.
The RTC believes enhancing transit service with customer friendly planning and ticketing options like the rideRTC app can make transit a more accessible and viable option.
Since the introduction of rideRTC last year, passengers purchased more than 160,000 passes, saving the agency approximately $16,000 in ticket printing costs alone.
SmartRail World: New Frontiers in Transport Ticketing
To help ensure the industry is able to take advantage of the evolution of rail and metro fare collection the SmartRail World editorial team spoke to senior executives at rail and metro operators around the world and sought contributions from leading solutions providers.
Topics covered in this report include:
- Account-Based Ticketing
- The worlds first mobile ticketing SDK for public transit
- Contactless ticketing
- Renewing not replacing gate infrastructure
Intelligent Transport Webinar: The Future of Fare Collection
In this webinar our expert panel from Keolis, Preston Bus and Masabi reviews the range of ticketing trends taking place and we hear first hand from transport operators tackling fare collection head on.
Topics Discussed Include:
- Is the Future of Ticketing Account Based?
- Fare Collection Trends: Issued Ticked Media vs Passenger Owned (BYOT)
- EMV Contactless vs Mobile Ticketing.
- Mobile Ticketing Technologies: Barcode, vs SMS, vs NFC, vs Bluetooth.
- Mobile First and Mobile Ticketing 2.0
- Preston Bus Case Study: Speeding up Journeys by 9 Seconds per Passenger.
- Keolis Case Study: Seamless door-to-door journeys.
The Transit Wire Research Report: The State of Transit Fare Collection
In this Transit Wire research report over 100 senior North American transport professionals share their views on the State of Transit Fare Collection.
Key findings include:
- Costs are a sizable concern for many agencies. Nearly 60% of survey respondents cited the capital costs of outfitting or upgrading fare collection systems were a top concern.
- Cash presents challenges for agencies. 41% indicated that handling cash was an major issue.
- Is this the end of paper? Half of respondents reported using paper tickets at their agencies in 2016, yet only 14% by 2021.
10 Question to Ask Your Mobile Ticketing Supplier
When considering adding mobile ticketing to your current ticketing options there are a number of key questions to ask to ensure the system you are taking and the supplier you are selecting are right for you.
In this guide we run through the top 10 Questions to Ask Your Mobile Ticketing Supplier, to ensure the solution you select is the right one for your agency and your riders.
From features to security, design to deployment, usability to support, it is vitally important to check all the boxes.
Justride Brochure
Justride is a cloud-based fare collection platform unifying account-based and pre-pay ticketing into a single configurable solution. If you are looking for a mobile ticketing system, want to enable Mobility-as-a-Service, or require an account-based full fare collection solution using a smartcard, contactless bank card or mobile device, Justride is the platform for you.
MBTA sell over 50% of available tickets via Mobile Ticketing
Download Boston’s MBTA Mobile Ticketing Case StudyIn 2012, to reduce the cost and inconvenience of on-board cash purchases, Boston’s MBTA, the US’s 5th largest transit agency, had been looking to extend its smartcard, CharlieCard, to it’s Commuter Rail.
This would allow riders to move away from paying on-board with cash – however the proposed smartcard project was expected to cost over $70m in CapEx alone.
Instead they opted for a mobile ticketing solution and today over a third of tickets are sold via the mobile ticketing app.
Download the case study and learn how Boston’s MBTA were able to:
- Save $70 million in CAPEX cost.
- Introduce infinite sales capacity.
- Reduce pressure on existing ticketing infrastructure.
- And more…
55% of Passengers Use the Bus More Frequently Thanks to Mobile Ticketing
Download the National Express Bus Mobile Ticketing Case StudySince deployment in September 2016 the National Express Bus app has seen strong growth, with the number of ticket sales growing.
This case study looks at why National Express West Midlands chose mobile ticketing to improve the rider experience and help solve the issues they were having with issuing student passes.
It also explores the results from a passenger survey about their experience with the mobile ticketing deployment.
Thames Clippers Mobile Ticketing Case Study
Download London's Thames Clippers Mobile Ticketing Case StudyMBNA Thames Clippers operate the London-based river ferry service. Ticket control on a Clipper previously occurred when disembarking, sometimes leading to long dwell times at each pier, as the time it took for customers to purchase a ticket before disembarking caused delays to the service.
Download the case study to learn how MBNA Thames Clippers were able to:
- Speed up dwell times at each pier.
- Move to a buy before your board ticketing set up.
- Free up staff from ticket sales.
- Increase sales capacity.
- And more…
LA Metrolink mTicketing Case Study
Download the Metrolink Case StudyMetrolink is Southern California’s commuter rail system.
Historically they operated a paper-based ticketing system. During busy periods, the long lines at vending machines were a major source of customer frustration and complaints.
Download the case study and learn how Metrolink and Masabi introduced mobile ticketing and were able to:
- Achieve 13% adoption after month long pilot.
- Achieve 15% adoption network wide after three months.
- Introduce new Inspect validation app.
Preston Bus Introduce Mobile Ticketing to Reduce Dwell Times
Download the Preston Bus Mobile Ticketing Case StudyPreston Bus is a bus operator running within the city of Preston, UK, and is a subsidiary of Rotala. Its fleet consists of around 120 buses.
They were looking to deploy a new ticketing solution to reduce dwell times by 50%, increase passenger satisfaction and attract new riders to their services.
Download the case study and learn why Preston Bus chose Masabi’s market leading mobile ticketing platform to:
- Increase passenger numbers.
- Reduce dwell times by 50%.
Arriva Trains Wales Win Industry Award for Mobile Ticketing
Download the Arriva Trains Wales Mobile Ticketing Case StudyArriva Trains Wales (ATW) were looking for a way to increase the number of semi-regular passengers using their services.
They needed to expand ticket sales capacity. However, they didn’t want to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on expensive hardware.
The answer – The AWARD WINNING Mobile Multi-Flex. A flexible carnet product sold exclusively through the Arriva Trains Wales mobile app.
Download the case study and learn how ATW were able to:
- Increase semi-regular passenger numbers with award winning carnet fare.
- Reduce pressure on existing ticketing infrastructure.
- Sell 350,000 mobile tickets in first year.
- And more…
First Bus Only Mobile Ticketing Deployment in the US
The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE Bus) run the local bus system serving Nassau County, New York.
NICE wanted to reduce dwell times at each stop by introducing a pay before you board option for passengers, speeding up journey times, reducing cash handling and improving operations.
Download the case study and learn how NICE Bus were able to:
- Speed up boarding times
- Reduce cash handling
- Delight customers with route planning services
