Deucey Posted March 1, 2020 Share #526 Posted March 1, 2020 How soon until they issue OMNY cards? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted March 1, 2020 Share #527 Posted March 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Deucey said: How soon until they issue OMNY cards? MTA says around early 2021 they will be for sale at retail locations, later that year new vendinf machines will start to be rolled out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted March 1, 2020 Share #528 Posted March 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, RestrictOnTheHanger said: MTA says around early 2021 they will be for sale at retail locations, later that year new vendinf machines will start to be rolled out Another year of not being able to top up my fare unless I go to the ferry or a subway station. How’d end up being so far behind the technological curve? Even small systems that hope to get 3 million riders a year have online fare purchasing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted March 1, 2020 Share #529 Posted March 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, Deucey said: Another year of not being able to top up my fare unless I go to the ferry or a subway station. How’d end up being so far behind the technological curve? Even small systems that hope to get 3 million riders a year have online fare purchasing. I discussed OMNY with the when I started my advocacy group. The plan has always been to roll out everything in stages, in part to ensure that the new system is reliable and secure. They didn't have anything really set in stone because of the aforementioned concerns. I think as they see how the system responds and holds up to daily usage, then they can focus on the other details 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 1, 2020 Share #530 Posted March 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Deucey said: Another year of not being able to top up my fare unless I go to the ferry or a subway station. How’d end up being so far behind the technological curve? Even small systems that hope to get 3 million riders a year have online fare purchasing. You never heard of EZ-Pay Express? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted March 1, 2020 Share #531 Posted March 1, 2020 Just now, Kamen Rider said: You never heard of EZ-Pay Express? Many people have heard of it, but that does not work for everyone. It comes with certain caveats. There is no option for express bus riders that use a pass for starters, and I also don't like that it automatically refills. I refill my pass when I ready to because I want control over that. If for some reason your card can't be refilled using the credit or debit card on file, it will block your Metrocard from being used, even if there's enough on the Metrocard to cover your fares, which is absurd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Rider Posted March 2, 2020 Share #532 Posted March 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: Many people have heard of it, but that does not work for everyone. It comes with certain caveats. There is no option for express bus riders that use a pass for starters, and I also don't like that it automatically refills. I refill my pass when I ready to because I want control over that. If for some reason your card can't be refilled using the credit or debit card on file, it will block your Metrocard from being used, even if there's enough on the Metrocard to cover your fares, which is absurd. I am in agreement with you as I do not use a credit card to add money to my metro card as i prefer to pay in cash. My credit cards are for purchases of items that I want to purchase and where I can pay it off as soon as the bill arrives, not for a subway or bus ride. Pardon me, but I am old fashioned when it comes using technology and with the exception of the Metro Card which produced a trememdous cost saving for me when I was working (the total cost of going from where I live to where I work was $1.75 each way. and I rode 5-6 different lines),I am one of the skeptics. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted March 2, 2020 Share #533 Posted March 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Kamen Rider said: You never heard of EZ-Pay Express? Yup. Doesn’t let me do pay per ride or buy weekly. My WMATA and London Oystercards do. Sacramento RT has let me buy daily passes online for years. BART let me put fare on via internet for at least 10 years. made me mail my MetroCard in when it failed and didn’t tell me they issued a prorated refund for my monthly - they just did it. No email, no call, no website to check status. Just a letter 10 days after they issued the refund. You think I’m gonna let them automatically charge me? Nah, fam. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted March 2, 2020 Share #534 Posted March 2, 2020 59 minutes ago, Interested Rider said: I am in agreement with you as I do not use a credit card to add money to my metro card as i prefer to pay in cash. My credit cards are for purchases of items that I want to purchase and where I can pay it off as soon as the bill arrives, not for a subway or bus ride. Pardon me, but I am old fashioned when it comes using technology and with the exception of the Metro Card which produced a trememdous cost saving for me when I was working (the total cost of going from where I live to where I work was $1.75 each way. and I rode 5-6 different lines),I am one of the skeptics. I always use a credit card for my Metrocard purchases just to cover myself. Easier to get a refund. With cash, if the card is lost you are SOL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted March 2, 2020 Share #535 Posted March 2, 2020 March subway rollouts are as follows Dyre Branch in Harlem, lower Manhattan, parts of Downtown Brooklyn (not station specific in the press release) Hoyt-Euclid Flushing Main St and Mets Willets Point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak41 Posted March 2, 2020 Share #536 Posted March 2, 2020 The are only doing WIllets Pt for baseball and tourist don't have to buy Metrocard. They are still leaving out 5th Ave/53rd. Too bad still no Jackson Hts subway complex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 2, 2020 Share #537 Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) The specifics on the IRT is... everything north of Atlantic Avenue. Dyre, Lennox and Clark. After this month, the only stations in the Bronx without it will be the Concourse Line. they also noted OMNY will not be ready for the Manhattan SBS routes until next month. Edited March 2, 2020 by Kamen Rider 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted March 3, 2020 Share #538 Posted March 3, 2020 22 hours ago, Deucey said: How’d end up being so far behind the technological curve? Even small systems that hope to get 3 million riders a year have online fare purchasing. Conservatism, to the extreme. The at its founding was pretty forward-looking. But a couple of events scarred them; bungling new technology R44s and R46s (one or the other, don't remember which) automation of the GCT shuttle system ending in a fire the tortured history of installing air conditioning on trains Keep in mind that when Cubic got the contract to develop the Metrocard, they had also offered a first-gen RFID smartcard; the first one of those came out in 1997 on Hong Kong's MTR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 3, 2020 Share #539 Posted March 3, 2020 There are some pics on Facebook of at least two dyre line stations with OMNY installed, one of which is already online. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted March 3, 2020 Share #540 Posted March 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Kamen Rider said: There are some pics on Facebook of at least two dyre line stations with OMNY installed, one of which is already online. Makes sense considering the head start they got last week. ____________ I'd imagine at least two of the four lines going to Stillwell Avenue should have it by April as Easter is the first big day for the amusement area. At the very least, Stillwell itself. This expansion has been well planned and pretty well executed so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted March 3, 2020 Share #541 Posted March 3, 2020 37 minutes ago, LTA1992 said: Makes sense considering the head start they got last week. ____________ I'd imagine at least two of the four lines going to Stillwell Avenue should have it by April as Easter is the first big day for the amusement area. At the very least, Stillwell itself. This expansion has been well planned and pretty well executed so far. Honestly, Stillwell Ave. should of had it when 86th Street was done ✅ earlier in the year. If it’s not in by Easter. Definitely for Memorial Day weekend. On 3/2/2020 at 10:02 AM, RestrictOnTheHanger said: March subway rollouts are as follows Dyre Branch in Harlem, lower Manhattan, parts of Downtown Brooklyn (not station specific in the press release) Hoyt-Euclid Flushing Main St and Mets Willets Point Wow. 2 more Downtown Brooklyn stations. Those should of been during the initial rollout. However, better late than never. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted March 3, 2020 Share #542 Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Future ENY OP said: Wow. 2 more Downtown Brooklyn stations. Those should of been during the initial rollout. However, better late than never. Those are also the two stations that don't connect to Lexington Avenue (one because of the switch removal, the other because its location makes any connection of the sort impractical, to say the least). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 3, 2020 Share #543 Posted March 3, 2020 OMNY installation list: Active sections with OMNY: South Ferry to 96 Street 103 Street to 242 St-Van Cortlandt Park Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 125 Street 138 Street-Grand Concourse to Woodlawn 3 Av-149 St to Wakefield-241 Street 3 Av-138 St to Pelham Bay Park 34 Street-Hudson Yards Jay Street-MetroTech to 59 Street-Columbus Circle West 4 Street to 47-50 Streets Rockefeller Center 7 Avenue 59 Street-Columbus Circle to 145 Street 155 Street to Inwood-207 Street Cortlandt Street (R 86 Street (R Sutphin Blvd-Archer Avenue-JFK St George Ferry, Tompkinsville SIR Stations with the protruding base installed: 125 Street, 135 Street , 233 Street Stations with OMNY readers installed on the bases: Central Park North-110 Street, 116 Street Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue, Hunters Point Av, Court Square 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 4, 2020 Share #544 Posted March 4, 2020 You left 233rd in the “base” category 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 4, 2020 Share #545 Posted March 4, 2020 All Dyre Line stations EXCEPT Gun Hill Road are online (longwood is still listed as a NO as well) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 4, 2020 Share #546 Posted March 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Kamen Rider said: You left 233rd in the “base” category Oops thanks for catching that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted March 4, 2020 Share #547 Posted March 4, 2020 I don’t see what the rush is. The goal with OMNY is to ensure that is reliable and secure, and they will continue to roll it out in stages with that criteria in mind. People can still use Metrocards for the time being. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share #548 Posted March 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: I don’t see what the rush is. The goal with OMNY is to ensure that is reliable and secure, and they will continue to roll it out in stages with that criteria in mind. People can still use Metrocards for the time being. Because I am sick and tired of metrocard. The past 2 months alone the machines ate my metrocards and doing a claim and all that nonsense is a major headache. I want to be able to tap and go. That's it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted March 4, 2020 Share #549 Posted March 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Because I am sick and tired of metrocard. The past 2 months alone the machines ate my metrocards and doing a claim and all that nonsense is a major headache. I want to be able to tap and go. That's it. OMNY comes with its own problems. You will still have to go through a claims process if you are double charged, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share #550 Posted March 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: OMNY comes with its own problems. You will still have to go through a claims process if you are double charged, etc. OMNY has been good to me so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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