Cubic Transportation Systems

Cubic Transportation Systems

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Public transport
Headquarters	San Diego, California, USA
Number of employees	2,300 (2015)
Parent	Cubic Corporation
Website	www.cubic.com/Transportation

Cubic Transportation Systems is a global company, founded in 1951, and is a leading integrator of payment information and related services for intelligent travel applications.^[1][2][3] It is headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in North America, Europe, India, and Australia.^[4] It is a unit of Cubic Corporation that designs, integrates and operates systems, products and services focused in the transportation, defense training and secure communications markets.

Products and services

Cubic Transportation Systems' business is centered on contactless smartcard technology.^[5] Cubic provides the following products and services.^[6][7]

• Ticket machines
• Smartcard readers
• Fare-collection gates
• Revenue management services
  • Card-based
  • Account-based: Chicago's Ventra and London Oyster Cards are two of Cubic's account-based products.
  • Mobile
  • Devices: NextAgent is a concept in transport ticketing using high-speed video links enabling customers to interact with ticketing staff in real-time. It is a solution for transport operators to respond to significant trends in ticketing and allows them to balance request in a cost-effective manner by locating ticketing expertise in centralized ticketing "hubs".^[8]
• Transit customer support
• Management services to transit agencies
• Real-time passenger information
  • NextBus is a cloud-based solution that provides real-time passenger information systems to approximately 135 transit organizations.^[9]
• Operational planning assistance
• Traffic management
  • Customers in the UK include the Highways Agency, Transport for London, and Transport Scotland. Cubic also works for Transport for New South Wales in Australia.^[10]
• Predictive analytics
  • Cubic's subsidiary, Urban Insights, provides the predictive analytics business.^[11]
• Tolling
  • Cubic created an integrated payment processing, customer service, and financial management platform for the tolling industry.^[12]
• Parking
• Operational IT services
• Asset management services
  • Services include field maintenance, device support, depot repair and part supply, spares and obsolescence, and cash collection.^[13]

Projects

Cubic has delivered over 400 projects in 40 markets on five continents. Cubic first implemented mobile ticketing technology in 2006 and now produces multiple mobile fare collection options, including mobile ticketing through barcoding, NFC tools, contact and contactless smartcard payments, and traditional automated fare collection systems. As of 2015, Cubic processes more than 24 billions transactions a year.^[14]

Fare Collection Projects

• 2013 - Vancouver Compass Card; Chicago Ventra Card
• 2012 - Sydney Opal card; London Future Ticketing agreement
• 2011 - So. Florida EASY Card; PATCO Open Payment Pilot including Google Wallet acceptance
• 2010 - MTC Clipper card; Skane, So. Sweden; Maryland MTA CharmCard
• 2009 - San Diego Compass Card; Miami EASY Card; Modena, Italy
• 2008 - Los Angeles Transit Access Pass; Brisbane go card
• 2007 - PATH SmartLink; PATCO Freedom Card
• 2006 - MARTA Breeze Card; RMV/KVV Mobile Ticketing
• 2005 - Minneapolis Go-To card
• 2004 - BART EZ Rider
• 2003 - London Oyster card
• 2002 - Chicago ChicagoCard
• 1991 - New York MetroCard
• 1999 - WMATA SmarTrip

Awards

Cubic has received the following industry awards for their products and services:

2015

• Joint Winner, Best New Innovative Practice-Partnership Deployment, Ventra ITS America Awards 2015^[15]
• Joint Winner, Operational and Technical Excellence, Contactless Bankcard Payment UITP (International Association of Public Transport) Awards 2015^[16]
• Co-Winner, Game Changer category, Contactless and Mobile Awards, for London contactless payment system^[17]
• Co-Winner, Forward Thinking Award, ITS United Kingdom Awards, for London contactless payment system^[18]
• Co-Winner, Best Bank-Card Ticketing Scheme, Transport Ticketing Awards, for London contactless payment system^[19]
• Co-Winner, Outstanding Project, UK Rail Industry Awards, for London contactless payment system^[20]
• Co-Winner, Most Innovative Transport Project, London Transport Awards for London contactless payment system^[21]

2014

• Winner, CONNECT Awards Most Innovative New Product for Communications & IT category, NextBus Fleet Management Application^[22]
• Co-Winner, ITS-NY Project of the Year, New York MTA Bus Time^[23]
• Winner, Best Smartcard Ticketing Service for work with Southern Railway’s “the key” ITSO travel card from 2014 - MasterCard Transport Ticketing Awards^[24]
• BritWeek Innovation Award, Product Design, Multi-Purpose Smart Card Reader^[25]
• Australian Smart Infrastructure Award, Opal card^[26]

2013

• Opal card reader wins Sydney Design Award, Transport Category; on display at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney^[27]
• Opal card reader wins Australian International Design Award^[28]
• Opal card reader wins Powerhouse Museum Design Award^[29]

2012

• Co-Winner: SESAMES Award for Trust Authentication/Internet Solution from CARTES^[30]
• Winner, ITS World Congress Video Competition for NextCity from ERTICO^[31]
• Prestige/Oyster card: Transport Achievement Award from the International Transport Forum (Leipzig, Germany)^[32]

2011

• MTA New York City Transit MetroCard Vending Machine made by Cubic and selected for The Museum of Modern Art exhibition "Talk to Me: Design and the Communication Between People and Objects"^[33]
• Aviation Week names Cubic Corporation as top performer in aerospace and defense industry; company ranked first among companies with revenues from $1 billion to $5 billion; Joint winners - Excellence in Technology and Innovation at the London Transport Awards^[34]
• Prestige/Oyster card: Co-winner: Excellence in Technology and Innovation, London Transport Awards, for joint work on Oyster Extension to National Rail (OXNR) project^[35]

2010

• TransLink Transit Authority / go card: Named Australia's best integrated public transport ticketing system by the Tourism and Transport Forum of Australia^[36]

2009

• Prestige/Oyster card: Voted #9 in Top 10 Technological Innovations of Last Decade, Telegraph (London)

2008

• Prestige/Oyster card: Information Technology Excellence, Rail Business Awards, for Cubic’s FasTIS+Oyster technology
• Port Authority Transit Corporation/Freedom Card: First runner up, CardTech/SecurTech's Outstanding Smart Card Achievement Award^[37]

2006

• Smart Card Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year by Frost & Sullivan^[38]
• BART District: #1 Large Transit System in North America Award by the American Public Transportation Association, which recognized the service improvements delivered by Cubic's new automated fare collection system^[39]
• Prestige/Oyster card: RFID Implementation Award, 7th RFID Networking Forum
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award by the American Public Transportation Association, which recognized the agency's leadership in transit innovation, including the new TAP® smart card system from Cubic

2005

• Prestige/Oyster card: Best Private Finance Initiative, Public Private Finance Awards; Best Operational Transport Project; Grand Prix as the Best Operational Project - all sectors; Gold Award for Technology Exploitation by Management Today, Britain's leading monthly business magazine

2004

• Prestige/Oyster card: Modernizing Government Award by the New Statesman Magazine

2001

• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority / SmarTrip Card: Winner, Outstanding Smart Card Application Award, Smart Card Alliance

References

External links

• Cubic Transportation Systems
• Urban Insights
• “Cities Can Use Big Data to Find Out What They Really Don’t Know”. NextCity (Article). 25 August 2015.
• “Nightmare Metro Commutes Aside, DC Is Ramping up Its Transit Tech”. DCInno (Article). 21 August 2015.
• “Creator of London’s Oyster card could be myki savior”. The Age (Article). 17 June 2015.
• “Six Awards and Counting! Cubic et al Can’t be Stopped”. Tech Co. (Article). 12 June 2015.
• “Cubic Transportation Systems Wins Major International Bid”. Tech Co. (Article). 8 May 2015.
• “London's Transit Payments Light the Way for Other Regions”. PaymentsSource (Article). 14 April 2015.
• “Buy Metra Tickets and Reload a Ventra Account With Upcoming App”. Streetsblog Chicago (Article). 10 April 2015.
• “Cubic taps Masterpass for mobile travel ticketing app”. Pymnts.com (Article). 4 March 2015.
• “Transport ticketing innovations recognized”. Passenger Transport (Article). 12 February 2015.
• “Cubic Brings NextCity Strategy to Chicago Transit”. PaymentsSource (Article). 16 December 2014.
• “Connect 3.0 Names San Diego’s Most Innovative Products of 2014”. Xconomy (Article). 5 December 2014.
• “A Sneak Peek at America’s Finest Tech Products”. San Diego 6 (Article). 4 December 2014.
• “Future of travel: Commuter apps that solve problems before the trip starts”. Washington Post (Article). 5 November 2014.
• “Los Angeles Metro taps Cubic for TAP upgrade”. Railway Age (Article). 29 October 2014.
• “Apple's Plan To Kill Your Wallet Is Even More Ambitious Than You Realize”. Business Insider (Article). 27 October 2014.
• “Apple Eyes New Uses for NFC Beyond iPhone Payments”. The Information (Article). 27 October 2014.
• “Apple Pay your train ticket and office ID tips report”. Slashgear (Article). 27 October 2014.
• “ITS World Congress 2014 Thinking Aloud Show 2”. Thinking Highways (Podcast). 11 September 2014.
• “ITS World Congress 2014 Thinking Aloud Show 4”. Thinking Highways (Podcast). 11 September 2014.
• “TfL picks Cubic for £660m front office deal”. Government Computing (Article). 11 August 2014.
• “Cubic Awarded Over $8 Million Contract for Washington Metro SmarTrip® Sale and Reload Devices”. Metro Magazine (Article). 29 July 2014.
• “Transit's New Payment Routes”. Digital Transactions (Newsletter Article). July 2014.
• “Cubic's Transportation Systems Gets $7.5 Million Deal”. San Diego Business Journal (Article). 24 April 2014.
• “Cubic expands Bay Area Clipper card network”. San Diego Union Tribune (Article). 23 April 2014.
• “Make Sure Riders Pay Their Fare Share”. Mass Transit (Article). 7 March 2014.
• “Effectively Using Data”. Mass Transit (Article). 7 March 2014.
• “Here’s to You, MBTA Bus-Tracking Apps”. Boston Magazine (Article). 22 January 2014.