Require credit cards or smart phones to access this system
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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) announced these juveniles, just the last day of 2020, which is the total of the 472 stations and the 5,800 buses of the Gran Manzana Subway system installed OMNY readers, which allow the payment of ‘without contact’ rates to credit card and smart phone cards. The challenge now is eliminate Metrocard completely for the 2023.
“We are the vanguard of this tendency. Customers from this new year 2021 onwards will need all the necessary supplies to have the most fluid route possible. Look at 15,000 devices that have been registered 35 million of ‘toques’ since OMNY was launched in 2019 “, indicates Mario Péloquin, Director of Operations of MTA.
To further educate the customers about the benefits of this payment system innovator, the transport agency launched the campaign in all the “Tap On, Get On” system to explain how to access this digital currency technology, which is the ultimate device installation at the station Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum.
Sarah Meyer, director of the client of the MTA statement that los usuarios irán entendiendo que es un proceso fast, secure and simple.
“It allows people to spend less time waiting for MetroCard and Spending Machines more time at home with his families ”, acotó.
Currently, more than 70% of Visa cards in New York are available to cancel Subway rates without contact, compared to 5% when the system is implemented, MasterCard and American Express han adequate his systems to incorporate also into this system.