Cubic Transportation Systems

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Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc.
Type Subsidiary
Industry Public transport
Headquarters,
USA
Number of employees
2,300 (2015)
Parent Cubic Corporation
Website www.cubic.com/Transportation

Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation that provides IT services to the transportation industry. [1] Headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in North America, Europe, India, and Australia, it is the world's largest operator of public transport fare collection services. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Products and services

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Cubic smartcard gates on Sydney Metro

Cubic Transportation Systems' business is centered on contactless smartcard technology. [6] Cubic provides the following products and services. [7] [8]

Projects

Cubic has delivered over 400 projects in 40 markets on five continents. Cubic first implemented mobile ticketing technology in 2006 (one year prior to the launch of the iPhone and two years prior to the launch of Android) and now produces multiple mobile fare collection options, including mobile ticketing through barcoding, NFC tools, contact and contactless smartcard payments, and traditional automated fare collection systems. Cubic Transportation Systems manages around 70% of the global market for smart transit cards. [16] As of 2015, Cubic processes more than 24 billion transactions a year. [17]

Fare Collection Projects
DateProjectLocation
2018Next Generation Ticketing System Queensland
2017 OMNY New York
2013 Compass Card Vancouver
2013 Ventra CardChicago
2012 Opal card New South Wales
2012London Future Ticketing agreementLondon
2011 PATCO Open Payment Pilot including Google Wallet acceptance Philadelphia and South Jersey
2010 Clipper card San Francisco Bay Area
2010 Scania
2010 MTA CharmCard Maryland
2009 Compass Card San Diego County
2009 EASY Card Miami metropolitan area
2009 Modena
2008 Transit Access Pass Los Angeles County
2008 go card South East Queensland
2007 PATH SmartLink New York metropolitan area
2007 PATCO Freedom Card Philadelphia and South Jersey
2006 MARTA Breeze Card Atlanta metropolitan area
2006 RMV / KVV Mobile Ticketing Frankfurt Rhine-Main
2005 Go-To card Minneapolis
2004 BART EZ Rider San Francisco Bay Area
2003 Oyster card London
2002ChicagoCardChicago
1999 WMATA SmarTrip Washington metropolitan area
1997 Chicago Transit Authority Transit Card (phased out in 2014) Chicago
1997 Skånetrafiken public transportation authority, JoJo card (phased out in December 2019) Skåne County
1991 MetroCard New York metropolitan area

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