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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

IbogaProject

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3. This system is touch

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 27, 2023, 05:15 PM

Jul 2023

The card has to have the radio wave symbol on it. There is an OMNY card which can be bought for $5, has a long lifetime and can be reloaded for free at stores and check chasing places. It seems NYC MTA is looking to exit handling cash. The final transfer over is slated for the end of 2023.

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NYC straphangers have tapped into subways via OMNY 1 billion times [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

I can't even use credit cards for parking meters bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #1

This system is touch IbogaProject Jul 2023 #3

I use it all the time in NYC Mz Pip Jul 2023 #2