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thebruns t1_jaap00w wrote

Reply to comment by Pinwurm in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2

> NYC did their rollout pretty quickly and efficiently… years ago.

No they didnt. The OMNY program is massively delayed.

>The MTA announced that the MTA's new "tap and go" ticket system, One Metro New York (OMNY) will not come to the Metro-North Railroad until 2025, delayed from the original projected 2021 completion.

https://patch.com/new-york/yorktown-somers/metro-north-not-expected-get-omny-pay-until-2025-mta

>Originally slated for 2021, the AirTrain's OMNY rollout will now happen "sometime in 2024," according to a recent tweet from the airport.

https://patch.com/new-york/queens/omnys-delayed-rollout-jfk-airtrain-must-be-sped-lawmakers-say

>An MTA spokesperson merely said there was “no update” on the agency’s plans for the back-door boarding pilot, which was unceremoniously axed in 2022. At the time, Lieber said he was trying to find “the right time” to start the pilot, which was announced in 2021 and then sat on the shelf for months.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/02/21/mtas-all-door-boarding-pilot-still-nixed-for-some-reason/

Please dont spread misinformation.

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Ksevio t1_jab7zvs wrote

But you could board trains and busses in NYC and pay with your phone last year

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thebruns t1_jab8cej wrote

Subway trains, yes. Not commuter rail, ferries, Airtrain, PATH or Rosevelt Island tram. The whole system was supposed to be done by now.

And rear-door boarding on buses is now 2+ years late

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