Cubic Transportation Systems

Cubic smartcard gates on Sydney Metro

Cubic Transportation Systems' business is centered on contactless smartcard technology.[5] Cubic provides the following products and services.[6][7]

• Ticket machines
• Smartcard readers
• Fare-collection gates
• Revenue management services
  • Card-based
  • Account-based: Chicago's Ventra project for the Chicago Transit Authority[8] and London Oyster Cards are two of Cubic's account-based products.
  • Mobile
  • Devices: NextAgent is a concept in transport ticketing using high-speed video links enabling customers to interact with ticketing staff in real-time. It is a solution for transport operators to respond to significant trends in ticketing and allows them to balance request in a cost-effective manner by locating ticketing in centralized ticketing "hubs".[9]
• Transit customer support
• Management services to transit agencies
• Real-time passenger information
  • NextBus is a cloud-based solution that provides real-time passenger information systems to approximately 135 transit organizations.[10]
• Operational planning assistance
• Traffic management
  • Customers in the UK include the Highways Agency, Transport for London, and Transport Scotland. Cubic also works for Transport for New South Wales in Australia.[11]
• Predictive analytics
  • Cubic's subsidiary, Urban Insights, provides the predictive analytics business.[12]
• Tolling
  • Cubic created an integrated payment processing, customer service, and financial management platform for the tolling industry.[13]
• Parking
• Operational IT services
• Asset management services
  • Services include field maintenance, device support, depot repair and part supply, spares and obsolescence, and cash collection.[14]

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[15]. As of 2015, Cubic processes more than 24 billion transactions a year[16].

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• “Creator of London’s Oyster card could be myki savior”. The Age (Article). 17 June 2015.
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• “Cubic Transportation Systems Wins Major International Bid”. Tech Co. (Article). 8 May 2015.
• “London's Transit Payments Light the Way for Other Regions”. PaymentsSource (Article). 14 April 2015.
• “Buy Metra Tickets and Reload a Ventra Account With Upcoming App”. Streetsblog Chicago (Article). 10 April 2015.
• “Cubic taps Masterpass for mobile travel ticketing app”. Pymnts.com (Article). 4 March 2015.
• “Transport ticketing innovations recognized”. Passenger Transport (Article). 12 February 2015.
• “Cubic Brings NextCity Strategy to Chicago Transit”. PaymentsSource (Article). 16 December 2014.
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• “Future of travel: Commuter apps that solve problems before the trip starts”. Washington Post (Article). 5 November 2014.
• “Los Angeles Metro taps Cubic for TAP upgrade”. Railway Age (Article). 29 October 2014.
• “Apple's Plan To Kill Your Wallet Is Even More Ambitious Than You Realize”. Business Insider (Article). 27 October 2014.
• “Apple Eyes New Uses for NFC Beyond iPhone Payments”. The Information (Article). 27 October 2014.
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• “ITS World Congress 2014 Thinking Aloud Show 4”. Thinking Highways (Podcast). 11 September 2014.
• “TfL picks Cubic for £660m front office deal”. Government Computing (Article). 11 August 2014.
• “Cubic Awarded Over $8 Million Contract for Washington Metro SmarTrip® Sale and Reload Devices”. Metro Magazine (Article). 29 July 2014.
• “Transit's New Payment Routes”. Digital Transactions (Newsletter Article). July 2014.
• “Cubic's Transportation Systems Gets $7.5 Million Deal”. San Diego Business Journal (Article). 24 April 2014.
• “Cubic expands Bay Area Clipper card network”. San Diego Union Tribune (Article). 23 April 2014.
• “Make Sure Riders Pay Their Fare Share”. Mass Transit (Article). 7 March 2014.
• “Effectively Using Data”. Mass Transit (Article). 7 March 2014.
• “Here’s to You, MBTA Bus-Tracking Apps”. Boston Magazine (Article). 22 January 2014.