Cubic Transportation Systems Receives $7.5 Million Contract Add-on from Metropolitan Transportation Commission to Expand Clipper Card to Smaller Bay Area Transit Agencies
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (PRWEB) April 23, 2014 -- Cubic Transportation Systems, a leading integrator of information technology and payment systems and services for public transportation, received a $7.5 million add-on contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to expand the Clipper® card fare payment system to more than a dozen suburban transit agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area. The system, which Cubic delivered and operates, will enhance travel options for commuters in parts of the East and North Bay.
The agencies joining Clipper later this year include the Marin Transit, Napa VINE, SolTrans, Fairfield and Suisun Transit (FAST), Rio Vista Delta Breeze and Vacaville City Coach bus systems, as well as San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Vallejo-San Francisco route. By the end of 2015, it will extend to the Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority (Wheels) bus network and County Connection, Western Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) and Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority (Tri-Delta Transit) bus systems. Santa Rosa CityBus, Sonoma County Transit, Cloverdale Transit, Petaluma Transit and Healdsburg Transit systems will be integrated by spring of 2016.
Today, Bay Area commuters use Clipper to pay fares on almost half of the region’s transit trips. The reloadable smart card currently allows the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Alameda-Contra Costa Transit (AC Transit), Golden Gate Transit & Ferry, San Francisco Bay Ferry, SamTrans (San Mateo County Transit District), Caltrain and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) riders to transfer from one agency to another by simply touching the card to the reader on buses and light-rail vehicles, or at rail stations or ferry terminals – using one card to pay for all rides.
“Our partnership with MTC continuously delivers innovative solutions to expand Clipper throughout the Bay Area region,” said Matt Newsome, senior vice president and general manager, Cubic Transportation Systems Americas. “We look forward to implementing the next phase of the vision: a trans-regional multi-modal transit payment system using a common card back office and customer service system.”
MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
Under the updated contract, Cubic will install and configure Clipper fare collection equipment on all East Bay and North Bay operators’ buses, install retail devices and handheld card readers for fare inspection, and install wireless networks to support the uploading and downloading of Clipper data at all bus garages.
In addition to the upcoming rollout, other advancements of the Clipper card system were put into motion throughout the past year. In July 2013, SFMTA and Cubic launched a pilot to make SFMTA customers the first in the Bay Area to be able to pay for parking at select city garages with their Clipper card. In September 2013, Cubic and MTC launched a new mobile website for the system, https://m.clippercard.com, to give customers an easy, on-the-go way to manage their accounts from a variety of mobile phones. The added multi-modal functionality makes payment seamless and convenient for customers.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic® Transportation Systems, Inc., is part of Cubic Corporation. Cubic Corporation is the parent company of three major business segments. Cubic Defense Systems is a leading provider of realistic combat training systems and secure communications systems. Mission Support Services is a leading provider of training, operations, maintenance, technical and other support services for U.S. and allied nations.
Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., is a leading integrator of payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions. Cubic delivers integrated systems for transportation and traffic management, delivering tools for travelers to choose the smartest and easiest way to travel and pay for their journeys, and enabling transportation authorities and agencies to manage demand across the entire transportation network – all in real-time. Cubic specializes in design, development, manufacture, supply, installation, integration, services and information. Services provided by Cubic include on-site management, central systems, operations support, patron support, business support and field services.
Every year, more than 23 billion transportation payment transactions are processed using Cubic payment and information systems worldwide. Cubic has delivered over 20 regional back office operations which together integrate over 130 transport operators and serve over 38 million people every day in major markets around the world. Active projects include London; Brisbane (Southeast Queensland) region, Australia; New York/New Jersey region; Washington, D.C. /Baltimore/Virginia region; Los Angeles region; San Diego region; San Francisco region; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Chicago; Atlanta region; Miami (South Florida) region; Vancouver and Edmonton, Canada; Sydney (New South Wales), Australia; Germany; and Scandinavia.
For more information about Cubic, see the company’s website at http://www.cubic.com/.
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Timothy Hill, Cubic Corporation, http://www.cubic.com, +1 (858) 505-2430, [email protected]
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