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The OMNY system is designed by Cubic Transportation Systems, using technology licensed from Transport for London 's Oyster card. The system accepts payments through contactless bank cards and mobile payments as well as physical OMNY cards. OMNY began its public rollout in May 2019, with the first readers installed at select subway stations and ...
MetroCard and OMNY. All transfers with MetroCard or OMNY are free from bus to subway, local bus to local bus, and subway to local bus (only one transfer per fare paid unless otherwise stated below). For transfers from local bus or subway to express buses (except the BxM4C), a step-up charge of $4 is charged.
Rides bought through OMNY will cost $2.75 apiece, just like with the MetroCard. But straphangers can only pay per ride until the technology is rolled out across the entire subway and bus system.
In June 2019, the Port Authority announced it was in talks with the MTA to implement OMNY on the PATH by 2022. Under the presented plan, SmartLink would be phased out along with the MetroCard by 2023. In November 2021, the Port Authority indicated that it would instead implement its own fare payment system, which would be similar to OMNY.
The transit agency has dubbed its new system "OMNY," an acronym for "One Metro New York." The name is derived from the Latin prefix "omni," meaning "all" or "of all things," the MTA says.
NEW YORK CITY — The MetroCard's sleek tap-to-pay replacement can now be purchased in a select handful of subway stations, MTA officials said. The first OMNY Card vending machines will "finally ...
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] 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. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...
Traffic & Transit MTA’s Contactless MetroCard Replacement At Nearly All Subways The OMNY payment system is at 458 of 472 subway stations and will be installed at remaining locations by the month ...