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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.
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,...
NEW YORK CITY — Fare thee well, MetroCards — the contactless OMNY payment system soon will give straphangers unlimited trips after 12 taps. The long-awaited fare capping pilot will start seven ...
OMNY can currently be used to pay fares at all New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway stations, on all MTA buses, AirTrain JFK, Metro North 's Hudson Rail Link, and on the Roosevelt Island Tram; when completely rolled out, it will also replace the MetroCard on Bee-Line buses, and NICE buses.
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.
In 2017 it was announced that the MetroCard would be phased out and replaced by OMNY, a contactless fare payment system, with fare payment being made using Apple Pay, Google Wallet, debit/credit cards with near-field communication enabled, or radio-frequency identification cards.
And it will stop working, the MTA said, when the NYC subway rolls out its fancy new pay system sometime in the next few years. Below are the full lyrics to the "MetroCard Song," courtesy of...
The UVic student card is encoded with the U-Pass privileges and the student can have their card encoded at a U-Pass activation kiosk. Aside from post-secondary students, those who are 6 to 18 years of age and reside in the City of Victoria can now apply for a free annual BC Transit Youth U-PASS.
MTA leaders approved a pilot that gives OMNY tap-to-pay users the equivalent of a $33 weekly unlimited pass if they take more than 12 rides. Nikki Gaskins , Patch Staff
MTA officials plan to replace the MetroCard with OMNY in 2023. The system allows straphangers to use their smartphone, smart watch or contactless bank card to tap out a single-ride fare.