Transport Ticketing Blog

Video Interview: Making Transit Easier With Mobile

Written by James Gooch | 10-Dec-2015 17:24:43
In this video Anthony Ha from Tech Crunch speaks to Masabi's Ben Whitaker about making transit easier with mobile. They also discuss:
  • The benefits of mobile fare collection for passengers.
  • The benefits of mobile fare collection for agencies and operators.
  • Masabi's global deployments.
  • JustRide is more than just an App - JustRide is powered by our cloud based back end Hub and offers validation services through the Inspect Validation Suite.
  • The new funding announcement with Keolis, Lepe Partners, MasterCard and MMC Ventures.

Masabi is a London and Boston based company which saves passengers from waiting in line to by their ticket, by allowing them to buy tickets on their phone. 

The JustRide platform allows transit authorities and operators to move away from spending money on expensive infrastructure and use what riders have in their pocket to travel.

JustRide is helping people move around smart cities and transit networks around the globe, including: Boston's MBTA, Virgin Trains, Abellio, Thames Clippers, New Orleans RTA, Transport for Athens and New York’s MTA in 2016.