Originally Posted by
tmiw
I mean, open loop is a much harder sell when a significant number of residents won't be able to take advantage even if they wanted to, so I get why they're going with the approach they seem to be going with (pilot rollout combined with an expansion of their prepaid debit card program).
The more annoying thing IMO is the TVMs here in San Diego launching with...just magstripe, apparently. Though I haven't checked recently, so they could very well have enabled EMV and/or contactless by now.
Speaking of which, it seems all of these new transit cards, like the new OMNY Card, Pronto card for San Diego, etc, are using what's called white label EMV, in which it is an EMV card, but instead of riding on traditional debit/credit card rails, it rides on a closed-loop payment rail, but because it is riding on EMV already, open payments can be enabled quite easily. Can someone scan a PRONTO card and see? or the new OMNY card?
The meeting also said that London's Oyster, and Sydney's Opal, are moving away from Mi-Fare to Closed-Loop EMV. OMNY is already closed loop EMV, as evidenced by the account number scheme on the cards, also OMNY was mentioned in the meeting. Ventra, and Key Card are supposed to move to closed-loop EMV soon, along with Clipper and TAP accordingly.
https://www.mobility-payments.com/20...tion-contract/
It also seems that London Oyster may no longer be using Cubic Transportation, as they put out a new RFP for a new fare collection system to replace Oyster. Who knows who will get it, perhaps Init, or Vix? Or maybe Cubic again if they win it again. If Cubic loses this one, thats yet another major customer gone. They just lost San Diego to Init, and Cubic is right in SD's backyard.