Smart Transit Blog

Public transit has changed rapidly over the past century with the steady development of faster, more reliable technology. The transit ecosystem has also benefited from…

We all love the flexibility that personal vehicles give us – we’re not dependent on schedules, we ride in our perfectly climatized car alone, we…

Automated fare collection systems have been around since the 1960s and have become as ubiquitous as public transit itself. Their basic function is to make…

Decarbonization, sustainability, carbon emissions, net zero… All these buzzwords are flooding the headlines across almost every industry’s press materials. But what do they mean in…

More that 51% of Americans are using some form of contactless payment cards. This type of payment has become such a natural part of our…

It’s been a tough ride for 5G – let’s just say that there were some not so minor hiccups for the technology and not everyone…

The future is contactless, but we believe it is also cashless. The transition towards cashless payments began a long time ago, and yet there are…

In a world that is constantly in a hurry, having certain types of information is considered a must. When it comes to public transportation, knowing…

Driven by the need to automate public transit fare collection, engineers created a solution that significantly facilitated the process of buying a ticket and validating…

Public transport fare collection evolved dramatically in the past two decades. With the introduction of innovative options such as mobile ticketing and account-based ticketing, the…

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for companies of all sizes. 2021 will remain in history as the year when hacks became bigger, bolder and much…

Public transit is an area of turbulent changes – in the past 30 years, we’ve witnessed changes in infrastructure planning, technological advancements, and an overall…

Hardware – every transit agency executive’s nightmare. Along with Excel spreadsheets, of course. What if we took this burden off your shoulders? Modeshift’s team can…

At the heart of every transit business lies impeccable organization. To deliver on-time performance and make sure all processes are handled efficiently, we developed a…