Not All Public Transportation Systems Are Sustainable – Here’s How They Can Be
As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue, the search for long-term and easy-to-implement solutions has become more critical. One of the methods with the…
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What Are the Benefits of Mobile Ticketing in the Transportation Sector?
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed transit technology evolve drastically, making significant changes to the way passengers use public transport. An example of…
What is Account-Based Ticketing: Explore The Full Guide
Travel in modern-day cities has taken on a whole new approach towards innovation and sustainability amid challenging times such as Covid. There has been an…
Components Of Automated Fare Collection Systems And How Do They Work
As ubiquitous as automatic fare collection systems are, they might seem like magic to some people. You tap a card to the reader at the…
Public Transit Loyalty Programs: Can We Use Them To Bring People On Board?
Public transit has been losing its appeal for decades. While we can blame policies that incentivized personal car ownership instead of public transit usage all…
On-demand Public Transportation Platform Architecture: December ’22 Update
The INNOAIR project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative. Modeshift is proud to be a part of…
Understanding Fare Evasion: Is It Inevitable?
Fare evasion is a problem that has existed since the inception of public transportation and will probably continue to exist long after the humble author…
A Complete Guide To Mobile Ticketing For Public Transportation
We’ve covered a lot about mobile ticketing on this blog – from UX and UI to its key position in the MaaS adoption process. A…
Redefining Mobile Ticketing For A Seamless User Experience
Mobile ticketing is becoming the norm – maybe more slowly than we hoped it would, but still. The gigantic step some agencies took during the…
Public Transportation Automatic Fare Collection & Interoperability
There are several buzzwords every transit professional is currently bombarded with: multimodality, MaaS, open payments, sustainability… Automatic fare collection interoperability is certainly on this list,…
The Importance Of Payment Security In Automated Fare Collection
Protecting riders is one of the most important jobs of a transit agency. This includes keeping them safe during transit – making sure all vehicles…
Contactless Ticketing For Public Transport: All You Need To Know
The future is contactless, but we believe it is also cashless. The transition toward cashless payments began a long time ago, and yet there are…
Fare Strategies & Their Role In Public Transit Adoption Rates
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…
Trip Planning, Tickets & Validations: The Modeshift Public Transit Mobile App
Mobile ticketing apps? We’ve seen them all – those that give you only one payment option, those that crash right when you need them, and…