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Nah. It should be a restored GM Greyhound Scenicruiser. They had personality and CLASS.

Any plans to put up any platform barrier at Grand Central ? I haven't been there in a couple of years, but I remember such barriers near the east end of the platform since the 1970's since it appears to be able to handle almost 12 cars.

"In Queens, Manhattan-bound skips 111 St and 82 St-Jackson Hts Through early 2024" It's April 11th and there is no sign work is about to be completed.

When they finish the Manhattan bound side of 82nd, will the Flushing bound side immediately close down ?

So why is Metrocard, and with all those theme issuances, and that RTS bus so colorful ?

If you are a senior, only one bank card (don't know about actual OMNY card) can be stated as such. If you change cards, call customer service, and it will take a couple of days.

It's been about 6 weeks. now. Sometimes a header page comes up on one of the boards. Someone or two posts a test post now and again, but 95% of the time, it is "An error occurred while processing this page.". I suspect it is by accident and the site is abandoned. I stopped participating over the multi-week outage in August of 2022. Larry showed no sense of responsibility to monitor it, which if he had any brains would find to be a source of embarassment with all the toxic and threatening posts by "Train Dude" and others, which would have gotten them banned put on a DHS or FBI watchlist anywhere else. I hope it is for gone for good. These socially dysfunctional, narcisstic posters will have to find other ways to entertain themselves.

Are they ever going to get Trip History working again as on every other system, or is that beyond their competency ? This whole thing is London's Oyster Card, which has a far more complex fare system and is not brand new technology.

Valley Stream - Inwood should be Zone 3. Zone 4 is priced out of the market as proven by Far Rockaway Branch ridership that has been falling since 1970. While they are at it, put Centre Avenue - Oceanside in Zone 4.

Transferring from one debit card to another with a Senior account. It is easy enough to add a payment method, but shifting senior status from one card to the other requires a call to Customer sevrice, then wait 2 business days for it to take effect.

This is how Eagle Team and Fare-Capping meet. It ain't nice: https://hellgatenyc.com/the-mtas-farebeating-crackdown-on-buses-is-a-mess

They can hasten the process by stopping the silliness that one must have a senior Metrocard in order to get a senior OMNY account. I had to get one, which took months by mail, it will never see the light of day, only to use its serial number to apply to OMNY for my debit card. So they require a new Metrocard to convert to OMNY, while they are trying to get rid of Metrocard infrastucture. Makes sense only in MTA

MTA target dates are like $3 bills.

Nobody cares what they do in other countries, or even Philadelphia. Taking time to queue up to tap out at stations won't be tolerated.

Why do they have to implelment it on LIRR and MN if Metrocard goes away ? I don't see making everyone tap in and out at every station as something the public will accept, then stick stanchions up everywhere.

No way does MC end in 2024.

For that reason, I opened a no min balance, no fee checking account at Citizens Bank ("One Deposit") for just this purpose. If they hack it , they won't get very far.

Why not just use a bank debit card and screw them and their OMNY card and machines ?

Will they ever resolve posting Trip History, or is that an insurmountable obstacle for this $700 million project ?

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2) Why is this happening? In an effort to improve customer experience, the Port Authority of NY & NJ (PANYNJ) is collaborating with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to unite their separate payment systems, through OMNY, allowing customers to travel seamlessly to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport as well as through the New York public transportation system. 3) What does OMNY have to do with this? OMNY is the contactless fare payment system for public transportation in the New York region. Over time OMNY plans to unify New York’s subways, buses paratransit and commuter rails. AirTrain JFK is OMNY’s newest addition through partnership with the Port Authority. For more information about OMNY, visit https://omny.info/ Do note what they did NOT say: PATH is not specifically mentioned above.

That is a silly article. So what if Long Island and Orange County have different fare structures. Nobody in the Hamptons cares what it costs to go to Port Jervis. They are different markets with varying demand with differing cost structures. What is merging fare zones going to accomplish other than causing huge cliffs from one zone to the next, causing people to drive closer in ? Look at the jump from Zone 4 to 7 and 12 to 14 on the LIRR, who went overboard merging fare zones in the 19780's. None of that has anything to do with OMNY. OMNY is here to serve us, not for us to serve OMNY. They make like OMNY are the holy tablets to abide by.

Airtrain turnstiles look easy to jump. Does anyone do it ? Far more benefical to avoid a $8.25 fare over a $2.90 one.

PATh already has a tap card that can be replenished on one's PC. I don't see any reaosn to change it other than to use one's bank card or phone. That alone is not worth spending $99.4 million to replace.

Too bad tourists don't simply take the Q10 to Kew Gardens LIRR or the IND @ Union Turnpike.