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Here's How To Pay For Subway Rides With Your Phone. Straphangers will be able to test the MTA's new tap-to-pay fare system starting Friday. Here's what you need to know about OMNY.
Monitors for the new MTA contactless fare payment system, known as OMNY, are seen on turnstiles at a subway station on March 3, 2021. (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)
LIRR Won't Get OMNY Pay Until 2025, 4 Years Later Than Projected: MTA The contactless payment system is already available on NYC subways and buses; the LIRR rollout will be delayed until...
The MTA, in particular, would have benefited from the proposal; its accelerated Capital Plan for 2008–2013 details transit investments that revenue from congestion pricing would have paid for.
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
Once the app leaves beta testing, though, the MTA has announced plans to combine eTix functionality into the MYmta app. In the future, the MTA also intends to add bus and subway fare payment options to the application as part of its new OMNY fare payment system.
MTA officials are hoping to entice more commuters to use a touch-free payment system when they ride the bus or subway by offering a unlimited ride system once users pay $33 a week in fares.
The addition of Apple Pay to the MTA eTix app for Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road provides a convenient option that eliminates the need to type in any credit card numbers, billing info,...
Passenger and commercial vehicles will now pay $15 once they enter the “congestion relief zone,” which is below 60th Street in Manhattan. During the overnight hours when there is less traffic ...
The MTA approved a plan Wednesday to charge $15 for passenger cars driving in Manhattan below 60th Street during peak hours.