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. It is headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in North America, Europe, India, and Australia. 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. Cubic provides the following products and services.
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".
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.
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.
Predictive analytics
Cubic's subsidiary, Urban Insights, provides the predictive analytics business.
Tolling
Cubic created an integrated payment processing, customer service, and financial management platform for the tolling industry.
Parking
Operational IT services
Asset management services
Services include field maintenance, device support, depot repair and part supply, spares and obsolescence, and cash collection.
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.
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
Cubic has received the following industry awards for their products and services:
Joint Winner, Best New Innovative Practice-Partnership Deployment, Ventra ITS America Awards 2015
Joint Winner, Operational and Technical Excellence, Contactless Bankcard Payment UITP (International Association of Public Transport) Awards 2015
Co-Winner, Game Changer category, Contactless and Mobile Awards, for London contactless payment system
Co-Winner, Forward Thinking Award, ITS United Kingdom Awards, for London contactless payment system
Co-Winner, Best Bank-Card Ticketing Scheme, Transport Ticketing Awards, for London contactless payment system
Co-Winner, Outstanding Project, UK Rail Industry Awards, for London contactless payment system
Co-Winner, Most Innovative Transport Project, London Transport Awards for London contactless payment system
Winner, CONNECT Awards Most Innovative New Product for Communications & IT category, NextBus Fleet Management Application
Co-Winner, ITS-NY Project of the Year, New York MTA Bus Time
Winner, Best Smartcard Ticketing Service for work with Southern Railway’s “the key” ITSO travel card from 2014 - MasterCard Transport Ticketing Awards
BritWeek Innovation Award, Product Design, Multi-Purpose Smart Card Reader
Australian Smart Infrastructure Award, Opal card
Opal card reader wins Sydney Design Award, Transport Category; on display at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Opal card reader wins Australian International Design Award
Opal card reader wins Powerhouse Museum Design Award
Co-Winner: SESAMES Award for Trust Authentication/Internet Solution from CARTES
Winner, ITS World Congress Video Competition for NextCity from ERTICO
Prestige/Oyster card: Transport Achievement Award from the International Transport Forum (Leipzig, Germany)
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"
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
Prestige/Oyster card: Co-winner: Excellence in Technology and Innovation, London Transport Awards, for joint work on Oyster Extension to National Rail (OXNR) project
TransLink Transit Authority / go card: Named Australia's best integrated public transport ticketing system by the Tourism and Transport Forum of Australia
Prestige/Oyster card: Voted #9 in Top 10 Technological Innovations of Last Decade, Telegraph (London)
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
Smart Card Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year by Frost & Sullivan
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
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
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
Prestige/Oyster card: Modernizing Government Award by the New Statesman Magazine
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority / SmarTrip Card: Winner, Outstanding Smart Card Application Award, Smart Card Alliance
