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The tap-and-go payment method is replacing the MetroCard. Straphangers cite some glitches, and a watchdog says the design ...
A survey of transit riders found that a majority have had issues with New York’s new tap-and-go OMNY system, months before its predecessor is expected to be retired.
New York City subway riders will no longer need physical MetroCards by the end of this year, ending decades of use for the ubiquitous yellow and blue pass.
Metro tried and failed to allow credit-card payments at fare gates a decade ago. Now the technology used in other systems around the world is finally here.
MTA Chair and President Janno Lieber said at a Crain's event that MetroCards will be phased out by OMNY by the end of 2025.
Metro officials are testing a system that will allow riders to pay for Metrorail by tapping credit or debit cards, and they hope to launch it before June.
Metro is in the process of looking for a contractor to enable rail and bus riders to tap their credit cards and mobile payment systems.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority will stop selling and refilling those formerly-ubiquitous MetroCards by the end of the year in favor of the OMNY system, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber told ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) — After 27 years, it’s the end of an era for student MetroCards. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that public school students will start receiving OMNY cards ...
Metro tried and failed to allow credit-card payments at fare gates a decade ago. Now the technology used in other systems around the world is finally here.