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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 ...
For example, with a pay-per-ride fare of $2.75 and a weekly unlimited MetroCard cost of $33 (as of October 2021), a passenger would still pay $2.75 per trip if they made 12 or fewer trips in a week; under the proposal, they would pay no more than $33 within a week, even if they made 13 or more trips. [164]
[124] [125] In 1993, MTA started testing the MetroCard, a magnetic stripe card that would replace the tokens used to pay fares. [126] By 1997, the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard, [127] and tokens were no longer accepted for fare payment in 2003. [124] [125] A different fare payment system is used on the LIRR and Metro-North.
The contactless OMNY fare payment system installed in 2019-2020 supports the same free transfers as the MetroCard does. Some paper transfers between specific subway stations and bus routes also existed prior to July 4, 1997, when the MetroCard allowed free system-wide subway–bus transfers with fewer restrictions.
NJ Transit, meanwhile, is proposing a 15% fare hike to take effect July 1 and 3% increases annually after that indefinitely without any further need for public hearings, NJ Transit has said.
The MTA would also begin designing OMNY, a new contactless fare payment system to replace the MetroCard (see § Contactless fare trials). [124] [125] In addition, at least 1,025 R211 subway cars are expected to be ordered under the plan.
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The last sentence of the Fare media section says "As of March 2022, OMNY is only for full-fare, pay-per-ride trips, and MetroCard remains the only option for discounted or unlimited-ride fares." While the part about full-fare/discounted fares seems to be true -- I saw tons of ads on the subway telling me that if I tap my card 12 times, OMNY ...