Credit cards or smartphones are required to access this system
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Thursday, the very last day of 2020, that OMNY readers have been installed in all 472 stations and 5,800 buses of the Big Apple subway system, which allow the payment of “contactless” taxes by cards credit and smartphones. The challenge now is completely remove Metrocards until 2023.
“We are at the forefront of this trend. Customers in this new year 2021 will have all the necessary tools to make a trip as smooth as possible. 15,000 devices installed and already registered 35 million “touches” since OMNY was launched in 2019, “said Mario Péloquin, MTA’s chief operating officer.
To further educate customers about the benefits of this innovative payment system, the shipping agency has launched a “Tap On, Get On” system-wide campaign to explain how to access this digital wallet technology, the latest device in the world. its being installed in 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, safe and simple.
“This allows people to spend less time waiting at MetroCard and ATMs more time at home with their families, “he said.
Currently, over 70% of Visa cards in New York have the option to cancel Subway contact fees, compared to 5% when the system began deployment, MasterCard and American Express they have adapted their systems to join this system as well.