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James Gooch

Head of Marketing at Masabi.
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19 Nov 2018, 14:17:33

New Features Released on Denver RTD Mobile Tickets App

RTD is expanding the offerings on its Mobile Tickets app with the addition of two new types of ...
13 Nov 2018, 09:06:05

Bilbao Selects Masabi for Contactless EMV Ticketing System Allowing Passengers to Simply Tap Payment Cards for Travel within the City

Masabi Adds Contactless Capabilities to Justride Platform, Bringing SaaS Account-based cEMV ...
5 Nov 2018, 11:52:42

Masabi Shortlisted for Practical Mobility-as-a-Service: The World's First Mobile Ticketing SDK for Public Transport at Smart City Expo World Congress Awards

Company Short-Listed in Mobility Category with Winner to be Announced at Ceremony on November 14th ...
25 Oct 2018, 12:35:55

New MBTA-UMass Lowell Partnership Offers Commuter Rail Option to University Community Through mTicket App

Students can now use MBTA’s mTicket app for Commuter Rail travel between Boston’s North Station and ...
24 Oct 2018, 12:48:28

Masabi to Deliver Account-Based Full Fare Collection System to Rochester, New York

RTS Selects Justride, the Revolutionary Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Platform That Delivers ...
11 Oct 2018, 09:54:48

Intelligent Transport Webinar - MaaS and the Future of Urban Mobility: Placing Public Transport at the Centre of MaaS

MaaS is the concept that users can utilise whichever mobility service is most efficient for a ...
5 Oct 2018, 09:33:31

Colorado’s Bustang is Selling 66% of All Bus Tickets Through the JustRide Bustang App

Mobile ticketing is hugely popular with riders around the globe with some of our agencies ...
25 Sept 2018, 10:04:46

Masabi and Gertek Sign Partnership to Deliver Innovative Ticketing Services in Spain

First service already live as mobility solutions company joins growing list of Justride SDK ...
24 Sept 2018, 17:33:21

Go Cashless with ‘Suffolk FastFare’ the New Mobile Ticketing App for Suffolk County Transportation

App Available for Suffolk County Bus Services Across Long Island Suffolk County, NY -- September ...
24 Sept 2018, 13:00:00

Masabi and Swiftly Partner to Deliver Best-of-Breed Real-Time Information and Ticketing to North American Transit Agencies

Market leading mobility companies working together to help revolutionize the rider experience San ...
21 Sept 2018, 11:31:04

How to Migrate Your Mobile Ticketing Service to Masabi

Mobile ticketing has changed the game in terms of being able to quickly deliver fare collection ...
21 Aug 2018, 10:44:53

An introduction to contactless ticketing for public transport (cEMV)

First of all let’s start with the basics, What is EMV? EMV is a technical payments standard that ...
13 Aug 2018, 12:39:48

The Woodlands Township Launch New Mobile Ticketing Application

The Woodlands Express App Now Available Across All Bus Services The Woodlands Township has launched ...
7 Aug 2018, 10:56:02

Masabi Deploys Mobile Ticketing Service in Spain with Lurraldebus

LurTicket uses Justride SDK to Deliver Multi-Language Mobile Ticketing for Intercity Bus Passengers ...
1 Aug 2018, 16:12:23

Buy Your Ticket Anytime, Anywhere, with BreezePass, the New Mobile Ticketing App for Palmetto Breeze and The Breeze Trolley

App available for new Hilton Head Island Trolley and bus services across five Lowcountry counties ...
23 Jul 2018, 14:01:00

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Adds Masterpass and Apple Pay to the SMART eTickets App

New Payment Options Makes Commuting Even Easier with Secure & Fast Ways to Pay Petaluma and New ...
16 Jul 2018, 10:23:32

Xplore Dundee: Re-launched App is Just the m-Ticket!

Xplore Dundee’s mobile ticketing app has been relaunched with a shiny new look and some special ...
22 Jun 2018, 16:54:24

Riding the Bus in Colorado Gets Even Easier as Bustang Mobile Ticketing App Adds Masterpass and Apple Pay

New Payment Options Offer Easy, Secure, & Fast Ways to Pay Denver, CO and New York, NY – June ...
21 May 2018, 19:25:18

Apple Pay® now available on the Metrolink App

Commuting in LA just got easier with the introduction of Apple Pay® for Metrolink riders Los ...
8 May 2018, 11:35:42

New Mobility Survey Finds Over ⅓ of Americans are Combining Public Transit with Ridesharing

Findings reveal public transit riders are motivated first and foremost by convenience and are ...
18 Apr 2018, 12:26:55

Masabi and Chalo Partner to Target $66.5Bn Indian Public Transport Market with Combined Mobile Ticketing and Information Offering

Companies combine market-leading journey planning and mobile ticketing offerings to make public ...
11 Apr 2018, 15:34:44

Masabi and Uber Announce First-of-its-Kind Ride-Sharing and Public Transit Ticketing Partnership

Integration will enable Uber users to book and display public transit tickets within the app, ...
27 Mar 2018, 17:19:23

National Express West Midlands App Sells One Million Tickets with 55% Using the Bus More Since Downloading

National Express West Midlands is celebrating innovating - after selling a million tickets via the ...
7 Mar 2018, 13:17:45

Masabi Selected as a Future Fifty UK Tech Leader

Company Joins Tech City UK Backed Scheme that has Previously Included Deliveroo, Transferwise and ...
6 Mar 2018, 16:43:13

Apple Pay Now Available on the MBTA mTicket App

Boston - March 6th 2018 - MBTA Commuter Rail and Ferry customers can now purchase fares using Apple ...
5 Feb 2018, 10:22:37

Dundee Bus Operator Launches New Mobile Ticketing App With Discounted Tickets for Cashless Travel

Xplore Dundee unveils mobile app enabling passengers to buy tickets anytime, anywhere. London and ...
31 Jan 2018, 09:00:00

External Orders API: National Express & Masabi Win Transport Ticketing Award 2018

National Express West Midlands and Masabi have been recognised with a prestigious Transport ...
22 Jan 2018, 09:59:56

Top 8 Things Not to Miss at Transport Ticketing Global 2018

One of the highlights of the fare collection calendar is Transport Ticketing Global in London. This ...
8 Jan 2018, 12:12:50

Masabi Brings Mobile Ticketing to Los Angeles Metro Rail for Metrolink Riders

Riders can now transfer from Metrolink to Metro Rail using mobile app, eliminating the need to ...
21 Dec 2017, 19:09:36

Riding the Bus in Colorado Just Got Easier With The New Bustang Mobile Ticketing App

The new JustRide Bustang app allows passengers to purchase tickets anytime, anywhere Denver and New ...
21 Dec 2017, 10:27:28

Year in Review: 21 Day Deployments, 17 New Clients, 16 Validation Customers, 14 Agency Deployments, 5 New Products, 2 SDK Partnerships and Much More...

With the start of a new year it’s time to reflect on another successful 12 months here at Masabi. ...
18 Dec 2017, 10:55:39

Use your Smartphone as Ticket Machine and Ticket for Bus Travel in Anchorage, Alaska

People Mover Launches Mobile Ticketing App Anchorage and New York – December 18th 2017. ...
7 Dec 2017, 22:30:00

No More Waiting in Line as Manly Fast Ferry Launches Mobile Ticketing

Use your Smartphone as your Ticket for Fast Ferry Travel in Sydney Sydney, Australia – December 9th ...
13 Nov 2017, 10:08:34

Adelaide Metro Working with Masabi to Become Australia’s First Transit System to Trial Mobile Ticketing

Successful Smartphone Ticketing System Live in US, UK, France and The Netherlands Now Testing in ...
30 Oct 2017, 13:00:23

Masabi, Keolis and FAMOCO unveil Mass Market Mobile Ticket Validator

Next generation device at a quarter the cost of alternatives brings mobile ticket validation to a ...
24 Oct 2017, 17:06:39

The Benefits of Account-Based Ticketing

Account-Based Ticketing is a ticketless way of allowing people to travel, meaning they tap or scan ...
9 Oct 2017, 15:06:33

Masabi Launches Account-Based Ticketing at APTA 2017

New Justride Capabilities Mean Passengers No Longer Need to Buy a Ticket Before Traveling. ATLANTA ...
9 Oct 2017, 14:52:48

Transit App Integrates Masabi’s Justride SDK to Offer Integrated Ticketing to Agencies in North America

Getting from a to b just got easier with best-of-breed mobile ticketing and journey planning in a ...
9 Oct 2017, 12:22:09

The 7 step 'Mobile First' approach to delivering Account-Based Ticketing and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)

In the past, transport providers either gave you old fashioned paper tickets, magnetic tickets or ...
6 Oct 2017, 17:23:22

Our New Brand: Using Public Transit is Easier With Masabi

Masabi Has A New Logo & Brand Identity! Masabi has grown and evolved considerably over the past ...
26 Sept 2017, 12:17:35

4 Things We’re Looking Forward to at the APTA Expo 2017

With 12,000 visitors, 800+ exhibitors, 55+ learning zone sessions and 3 days of exciting events, it ...
30 Aug 2017, 13:30:00

Masabi Launches Mobile Ticketing in San Francisco Bay Area with Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)

New Californian commuter rail service launches using market-leading ticketing technology New York, ...
24 Aug 2017, 10:34:19

Improving Rochester's Public Transit Starts with Better Access and Innovation

With its population of 1.5 million sprawling across nine different counties and high rates of ...
13 Jul 2017, 15:11:12

RTC surpasses 100,000 mobile bus passes sold on its rideRTC app

Mobile ticketing and free Wi-Fi add efficiency and productivity for riders New York and Las Vegas, ...
6 Jul 2017, 09:30:00

Masabi Continues Global Expansion Bringing Mobile Ticketing to The Hague, The Netherlands

Company Adds Another Major City, Building on Successes in Athens, Boston, London, Los Angeles, New ...
27 Jun 2017, 13:00:00

Three Steps Columbus Can Take to Realize its Smart City Aspirations

When Columbus, OH won the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge in 2015, the city ...
26 Jun 2017, 09:00:00

Two French Cities Go Live with Mobile Ticketing using Masabi’s JustRide SDK

First Launches in Orleans and Montargis with “Plan-Book-Ticket” Apps, Developed by Strategic ...
14 Jun 2017, 14:04:12

Masabi Launches Justride Mobile Ticketing with Fire Island Ferries in New York State

Global leader in mobile ticketing deploys system in just three weeks New York and Fire Island, NY – ...
6 Jun 2017, 14:33:23

Keolis confirms its leading position in connected mobility with the launch of an “all-in-one” digital app to plan travel, book and validate tickets

Keolis successfully launched its all-in-all digital solution which allows users to plan their ...
31 May 2017, 12:27:37

Mastercard Set to Transform Cyberjaya’s Smart City into A Cashless Hub

Enhancing the technology hub’s payments and smart city ecosystem with industry partners, Cyberview, ...