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Since June 1, 2022, riders who qualified for reduced-fare MetroCards could also use OMNY with their contactless bank cards or smart devices, paying half the standard fare. At the time, reduced-fare OMNY cards were unavailable. [162] Each qualifying rider can only use one contactless card or device for reduced-fare OMNY.
As of June 2021, OMNY only supported full-fare and reduced-fare rides, including transfers, and the accepted payment methods were contactless debit/credit cards, mobile payments and the OMNY Card. [136] As of February 28, 2022, a Monday-to-Sunday weekly fare cap was implemented to provide unlimited rides after 12 fares were paid in a week. In ...
New York City students are hawking their new, school-issued OMNY cards, asking for up to $1,500 from straphangers looking to get their hands on the subway and bus passes. ... Free or reduced-fare ...
Kids continued pawning off their special student OMNY cards this week despite MTA and city DOE claims that they were cracking down on the illegal sales. NYC students still slinging OMNY cards for ...
Fares can be paid with most credit or debit cards using the OMNY readers, with a reusable MetroCard, [184] or with single-use tickets. The MTA offers 7-day and 30-day unlimited ride programs that can lower the effective per-ride fare significantly. [186] Reduced fares are available for the elderly and people with disabilities. [17] [187]
PATH riders have a new way to pay. The Port Authority-run subway system will get a tap-and-pay fare system akin to the OMNY system now in place in New York City’s subways and buses, officials ...
By 2024, MetroCard will be discontinued and all Bee-Line passengers will then use OMNY. The Reduced-Fare MetroCard Program will also be converted over to OMNY." [9] For certain periods during the summer and winter of 2022, the buses were fare-free. [10] As of the summer of 2023, buses are fare free until Labor Day 2023.
(The Center Square) — New York legislative leaders have rejected a $65.4 billion plan to upgrade the state's beleaguered mass transit system, citing a lack of funding for the proposed improvements.