Community Transit in Washington State in the US is equipping all its buses with GPS, automatic passenger counters and other technology that will improve operations, enhance the customer experience, and eventually allow customers to get real-time bus information by phone, computer or mobile device. The Transit Technologies pilot project was launched on a small set of commuter buses to downtown Seattle
San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation System has apparently been targeted by hackers over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the agency to shut down its light-rail ticketing machines and point-of-payment systems and allowing passengers to ride for free.
Agency computers displayed the message "You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted", the San Francisco Examiner reported on Saturday.
According to the BBC, the hackers have made a ransom demand of 100 Bitcoin, which amounts to about $70,000 (£56,000).
Jon Ge
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) has been awarded a $33 million contract by the Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) to modernise the Cubic-supplied EASY Card revenue management system and provide 10 years of back office cloud computing and support services.
The project provides a significant technology refresh and expansion of customer services at a fraction of the cost for new system procurement. The award includes Cubic’s contactless bankcard and near field commun
