Jump to content

GojiMet86

Veteran Member
  • Posts

    9,995
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    13

Posts posted by GojiMet86

  1. https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-launches-omny-hudson-rail-link-metro-north-railroads-connecting-bus-service

     

    MTA Launches OMNY on Hudson Rail Link, Metro-North Railroad’s Connecting Bus Service in the Northwest Bronx

    Metro-North Railroad

    Updated January 29, 2024 4:30 p.m.

    Customers Can Tap to Ride and Receive Same Weekly Fare Capping Benefit as New York City Transit’s Subway and Bus Customers

     

    The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that the Authority’s contactless payment system, OMNY, has expanded to the Hudson Rail Link, Metro-North Railroad’s connecting bus service in the Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil sections of the Bronx. OMNY, the convenient and cost-effective fare payment system for New York City Transit, expanded to AirTrain JFK and the Roosevelt Island Tram last year. 

     

    Hudson Rail Link users will now be able to join riders of the other services to tap and go with their smart device with a digital wallet, such as phone or watch, or contactless credit or debit card, or OMNY card. As with New York City Transit’s subways and buses, OMNY will allow Hudson Rail Link users to participate in the MTA’s seven-day fare capping program. Customers’ first tap into the system will start a seven-day period in which customers will never pay more than $34, the cost of a weekly unlimited MetroCard. Customers will be charged $2.90 for their first 11 rides, $2.10 for their 12th ride. The 13th and all subsequent rides are free for the rest of the seven days.  

     

    “Riders in Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil have been asking for OMNY on the Hudson Rail Link and today we’ve answered that call with the full rollout of the contactless payment system on this Bronx transit service,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “Contactless fare payment remains the fastest way for subway, bus, and now Hudson Rail Link customers to pay their fares and move around the City and throughout the region.”

     

    "Customers in Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil depend on the Hudson Rail Link to access the Metro North Railroad car-free," said MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer. "Integrating this system into OMNY means faster passenger boarding and quicker commutes and moves the MTA towards a full rollout of contactless payments throughout our system." 

     

    “Metro-North’s Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale stations can be difficult to access by foot, and the Hudson Rail Link provides an important connection between Metro-North’s train service and residential areas in this part of the Bronx,” said Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi. “We welcome the addition of OMNY to the Hudson Rail Link, as it will speed up the time it takes for customers in the Northwest Bronx to get to where they need to go.” 

     

    The Hudson Rail Link system connects 900 riders a day on eight routes to the Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North stations on the Hudson Line in the Bronx, helping the communities increase their access to Manhattan and Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties. Arrow Rail Link operates the service on behalf of Metro-North from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with 16 buses. 

     

    “The inclusion of OMNY on the Hudson Rail Link not only improves convenience but also broadens the advantages of MTA's fare programs, guaranteeing fair access and acknowledging loyal ridership,” said Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz. "This development provides commuters with effortless, contactless payment choices, marking a significant step towards more accessible and efficient transportation. The convergence of diverse transit systems under a single innovative payment system showcases progress, generating a more interconnected and inclusive urban mobility environment.” 

     

    Transit customers have used OMNY to tap into the transit system more than a billion times, with the billionth tap occurring on July 26, 2023. In the latest Spring 2023 Customers Count Survey, OMNY posted a 79% fare payment satisfaction rate. Customers have tapped into all 472 subway stations and boarded 204 local bus routes and 31 express buses. Of the 195 countries that issue bank cards, OMNY has processed a card from every single one of them. On Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, the New York City subway recorded 2,918,691 paid rides, the highest number of weekend rides since the pandemic –58.5% of all rides were OMNY tap-and-go customers, a single-day record. 

     

    OMNY market share of full-fare subway rides continue to be at 70% since the MTA updated its fare-capping schedule on Aug. 20.

     

    OMNY also supports reduced-fare customers who are ready to use their smart device, or contactless bank card to tap and go. Reduced-fare customers are encouraged to seamlessly make the switch from MetroCards online with the OMNY digital assistant, which is available 24/7 atOMNY.info.Customers can watch this how-to video for more information.

     

     

    53496354609_23b7eb23a4_b.jpgOMNY on Hudson Rail Link by Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on Flickr

    53496476310_6d1029877e_b.jpgOMNY on Hudson Rail Link by Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on Flickr

    53496207263_99b0dcdf61_b.jpgOMNY on Hudson Rail Link by Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on Flickr

  2. 7 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

    This is one reason why I've long been of the belief that an Astoria - Williamsburg route would do quite well... When they came out with the current B32, I thought that was a golden opportunity to have that be accomplished.... However, of course, they stunted it, to only opt to run it to the (ass end of) Court Sq..... As for that proposed B62 in the Brooklyn redesign plan, they're doing the exact opposite - having it run well past Williamsburg from Astoria, to Downtown Brooklyn...

    I would much rather combine the WBP - Downtown Brooklyn portion of the current B62 with that proposed B27 of theirs (in other words, a WBP - Red Hook route), over having the entirety of their proposed B62 come to fruition....

    Yeah, and in terms of just reliability, I would have just extended the B32 instead making a super B62. Instead, they're getting rid of their own new route.

  3. On 11/24/2023 at 8:17 PM, Calvin said:

    .........In that incident, Dooley was charged with criminal trespass, weapon possession and possession of stolen property after cops found him carrying a knife, a Taser, an invalid MTA ID, and a set of subway keys.

    Asked about last year’s arrest, Dooley waxed poetic.

    “As with most train enthusiasts, I was fascinated by the R32’s iconic nature,” he said of the shiny, ribbed, stainless steel cars that served the system for more than half a century.

    “The only crime I was guilty of was loving trains too much.”

    Ew.

    Cringe as hell.

     

    As an aside, NYCsubway.org has a habit of posting up his photos, even after it was well known that he was trespassing.

    Also.........WTF was the dude doing with a Taser and knife?

  4. 19 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

    interesting how a couple years ago they were taking benches out of some subway stations; now I see they added new benches at platform level at Atlantic Av (L) - right when you come up the steps as you're heading towards the back of a Canarsie bound train (or towards the front of a Manhattan bound train).... They also power washed the shit out the stairwells (front & back of all the steps... I saw the cleaning crews as they were doing it earlier this week), while painting said front & back end of the steps a forest green-ish color...

    ....now if they can only do something to keep them bums & other undesirables from hanging out by the back end of the steps (street level), as well trying to curb, or otherwise deter all them birds congregating around the immediate area... I still see sleeping pigeons at times above the LIRR tracks at the East New York station..... Yes, the area around Atlantic (L) & LIRR East New York is filthy (some would even say sketchy, on top of it) in general, but the old Chinese lady coming around every so often, dropping bag loads of crumbs at this spot, before you get to the station steps in the morning, definitely does not help matters..... People used to dump bag loads of garbage and/or bags of clothes in that same spot, but apparently that has ceased, at least....

     

    Probably thought that reverse-psychology stuff was gonna actually keep people out. Like that time they removed garbage cans from stations to reduce the amount of garbage. Didn't work out.

  5. On 8/7/2023 at 8:52 AM, evangouldtransit said:

    im not sure what happened to the XD40s, I've been wondering myself. so the D40LFRs are ex Valley Metro.? and the D35LF are ex Milton Transit District.?

    Looks like that is correct. Valley Metro originals have popped up all over NY. Even the Port Authority bought some.

  6. I hadn't realized that the Terminal 2 AirTrain station was completely removed during the recent renovations. Instead of the original 6 terminal stations, there will only be 5, since Terminal 1 is taking over the former Terminal 2. One more rapid transit station that will exist only in history books from now on.

  7. Haven't seen any video of the crash.

    It looks like 2481 X38 was on 23rd Street heading towards the East River and the FDR to Brooklyn, and the Top View bus, Van Hool TD925 335 (a converted open-deck Coach USA Megabus), was on 1st Avenue heading north.

    According to this map, the Night Tour (which starts at 6 PM) does indeed run up 1st Avenue.

    335 probably T-boned 2481 as 2481 was running on 23rd Street. 2481 would then have dragged 335, and the front 335 would have scrapped along the side until reaching the rear of 2481.

     

    MTA Flickr uploaded their photos:

    53029308011_a77de9a625_c.jpgMTA  X28 Bus Following Crash with NYC Tour Bus by Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on Flickr

    53029796223_15b687d001_c.jpgMTA  X28 Bus Following Crash with NYC Tour Bus by Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on Flickr

     

    You can see how 335 scrapped along the right rear of 2481.

  8. The project to add a bus line to LGA Airport is calling for elevators to be installed at Ditmars Boulevard.

    https://gothamist.com/news/project-to-improve-bus-link-to-laguardia-airport-project-underway

     

    Quote

    In addition to adding the bus routes, the plan also calls for adding elevators to the Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard stop, which currently has none. The station is not on the MTA’s list of stations due for an upgrade in its current capital plan. Travelers toting luggage at the station would benefit from an elevator to the street to catch the bus.

     

  9. https://gothamist.com/news/project-to-improve-bus-link-to-laguardia-airport-project-underway

     

    Quote

     

    Project to improve bus link to LaGuardia Airport project underway
    By Stephen Nessen
    Published Jun 23, 2023

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey initiated the process Thursday to build a new bus route to LaGuardia Airport and improve an existing route.

    The board vote for $30 million in funding for the project makes good on the recommendations of an expert panel convened after Gov. Kathy Hochul killed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $2.1 billion AirTrain plan to LaGuardia.

    The plans call for adding a dedicated bus lane on the Q70 line. There will also be a new route running from the Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard subway stop.

    Only electric buses will run both routes.

    “Gov. Hochul believes that New Yorkers deserve world-class transportation to world-class airports,” Hochul spokesperson John Lindsay wrote in an email.

    The Port Authority estimates it will take two to three years to make upgrades to the Q70 route. The new bus route will take four to five years to build. The cost of the entire project is estimated at $500 million.

    “A vital part of building world-class airports is creating the modern and efficient public transportation that will get passengers and the public to our new facilities,” Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole wrote in a statement.

    In addition to adding the bus routes, the plan also calls for adding elevators to the Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard stop, which currently has none. The station is not on the MTA’s list of stations due for an upgrade in its current capital plan. Travelers toting luggage at the station would benefit from an elevator to the street to catch the bus.

    Funding for new elevators at the station has not yet been allocated, MTA spokesperson Joanna Flores confirmed.

    The city Department of Transportation declined to comment on the new planned bus lanes.

     

     

  10. 19 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

    I have to side with the community on this one. Fordham Rd is a major thoroughfare an artery for people commuting across the Bronx. 

     

    ......Which is why prioritizing TRANSIT by using bus lanes is the RIGHT way to get MASSES across the Bronx in a RAPID manner.

     

    Instead, these boneheaded storeowners are intentionally making Working-Class people suffer.

     

    ......There are also too-many self-hating transitfans here......What happened to actually SPEEDING up TRANSIT for the MASSES?

     

    Too many busfans here care more about the BEEPS and the VROOM-VROOMS of buses than the commuters who actually want to get somewhere today, not yesterday.

     

    ......And then y'all wonder why ridership keeps going down and people keep buying cars.

  11. 41 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

    Thought about fanning the Danbury Branch one of the next two days, then I saw that it runs on 3 hour headways when it's on an Sunday schedule, nvm lol. 

    And that is why I stick to buses in the city and the subway. Ain't nobody got time to be waiting 2 hours for some rural train or bus.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.