Credit cards or smartphones are required to access this system
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced this Thursday, just the last day of 2020, that readers have already been installed on all 472 stations and 5,800 New York Subway system buses. OMNY, which allow the payment of ‘contactless’ rates via credit cards and smartphones. The challenge now is completely remove Metrocards for 2023.
“We are at the forefront of this trend. Customers from this new year 2021 will have all the necessary tools to have a trip as smooth as possible. 15,000 devices were installed and have already been registered 35 million ‘touches’ since OMNY was launched in 2019, ”said Mario Peloquin, MTA chief operating officer.
To further educate customers about the benefits of this innovative payment system, the shipping agency launched the campaign across the “Tap On, Get On” system to explain how to access this digital wallet technology, the latest device will be installed at the station Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum.
Sarah Meyer, director of customer service at MTA explained that users will understand that it is a process fast, secure and simple.
“This allows people to spend less time waiting at MetroCard vending machines and more time at home with their families, “he said.
Currently, more than 70% of Visa cards in New York are enabled to cancel contactless Subway fares, compared to 5% when system deployment began, MasterCard and American Express their systems have been adapted to be incorporated into this system as well.