Apple Pay Coming to NYC Transit System in Early Summer

I can’t wait for Apple Pay and OMNY.

There is one big annoyance though. You swipe your Metrocard for each turnstile on the right since most people are right handed. So the NFC reader is going on the right of each turnstile as well. However most people who are right handed wear their watch on their left wrist. That means if you want to pay with an Apple Watch instead of your phone you’ve got to do some awkward turn sideways and stretch your arm to the other side maneuver to get close enough to the reader.
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What about the busses?

It works on busses too. It’s actually going to allow them to enable you to board from both bus doors, instead of just the front, to speed up boarding. In 2021 you’ll be able to use it on the LIRR and Metro-North. The plan is to also integrate it with PATH, the Roosevelt Island tram, NYC Ferry, and the Westchester and Long Island bus networks.

Ahem, #TTC #Metrolynx .... chop chop chop!

I still have a sh**load of tokens to use...

Exactly!

I use Apple Pay on underground in London with FaceID and it is a major hassle. The reader is too far down. Thus, I either have to bend down to face the phone or type the pin. Either way it slows down the flow, so people behind me get annoyed. It was so much easier with the TouchID.

You do know you can do it well before you hit the gate. I do Face ID when I'm maybe 4-5th in line, tap and go.

Still, generally I'm forced to use a physical discounted fare Oyster card: why couldn't they make a bloody digital version?! Hence my question above.

Can’t wait for a solution to government ID/driver licenses.

What's the source for this info? I can't seem to find it anywhere, sp for PATH trains.

It’s just a plan right now for everything but the LIRR and Metro-North, it’s not set in stone. Only LIRR and Metro-North are happening for sure.

https://www.amny.com/transit/metrocard-replacement-omny-1.29297988

A totally integrated fare payment system that allows subway and bus riders to use the same payment systems on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will come in February 2021, as well, Putre said.

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But there are still plenty of other transit systems in the city and region that are not included. Putre said the MTA has begun discussing further integration with some of those services, like PATH, NYC Ferry, the Roosevelt Island Tram, the NICE bus network on Long Island and Westchester’s Bee-Line bus system.

I'd say use them ASAP before the pull those last remaining turn-styles out of stations, and fully remove cash payments from buses/streetcars and stations.

PS: Are those those "tokens" that are not real but work? I remember those ... costed TTC a few million and deservedly slow.

- Poor Driver handling - the harsh stop/go at lights or while driving or coming to stops is throwing old ladies/men as well as new parents carrying babies to the point were their thrown off their feet.
- lack of sense of time ... overtly driving super slow ... not maintaining schedules per stop (I'm not talking about 5mins variance ... more like 15-20mins variances and these are NOT in heavy construction zones like on Eglington Ave E/W close to where I have an abode).
- I still catch drivers of buses smelling like weed or visibly high.
- Metrolynx should fully take over TTC.
Horribly designed buses (entrance and egress areas are FAR too narrow).
- Drivers allowing to passengers or off-duty staff to chat them up at the front and clearly BLOCKING entrance at front of buses.

Nah. They’re real. I always kept a bunch to help out people without exact change. They are small and light enough that I never minded having several in my pocket. I’ll probably keep some as a souvenir.