Kamen Rider Posted June 23, 2020 Share #676 Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Your Monday OMNY update... ADD: Prince Street city hall Rector Street only 57th Street and Astoria Blvd stand in the way of the W being complete. And this Week’s “out of left field” addition is... Bedford Park Blvd and 155th on the Concourse Line Edited June 23, 2020 by Kamen Rider 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak41 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #677 Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 5:14 PM, RestrictOnTheHanger said: I think the use case was going to be those who wanted a digital only card. Again given that contactless credit and debit cards will later be able to be linked to an OMNY account, the digital only card doesnt make sense Speaking from experience, the digital card wouldnt offer any advantage to transit benefit users like myself. The future accomodations for transit benefits will probably be some combination of the following, based on other transit agencies' setups (in my opinion) 1. Direct administrator load to OMNY account, with the user possibly having to get an OMNY card if they want one. Remember that registered users will have balances and products in an account, not (just) a card. (Like PATH, DC Metro, Chicago) 2. Use of existing TB debit cards to load accounts online (like Easypay Metrocard but better) or at a vending machine 3. Contactless TB debit cards that can be associated with an OMNY account or used for pay per ride, both scenarios the card is used directly at OMNY readers 4. (Unlikely) distribution of OMNY cards by the administrator that come loaded with value or time, much like today's metrocards. An OMNY-only card does make sense for those who don't have a bank account, nor a credit card, or simply don't want to the risk of flashing their debit or credit card around in public. MTA cannot require you to have a bank account or smartphone to use the system. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted June 23, 2020 Share #678 Posted June 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Amtrak41 said: An OMNY-only card does make sense for those who don't have a bank account, nor a credit card, or simply don't want to the risk of flashing their debit or credit card around in public. That’s really one of the advantages of using a smartphone wallet since it essentially adds a second factor to authenticate transactions. iPhones have the bonus feature of being rendered useless when stolen. I don’t really know anyone without a smartphone or anyone who’d leave the home without any method of communication. However, a separate OMNY card would be useful still as many lower end smartphones do not have the hardware capability to act as a wallet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak41 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #679 Posted June 23, 2020 If poor enough to be unbanked, they may also be too poor to have a Smartphone and pay for Data. I have plenty of senior relatives who love their Jitterbug dumb phone, and if given a Smartphone, wouldn't know how to use its features, and will never got on-line with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted June 23, 2020 Share #680 Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Amtrak41 said: If poor enough to be unbanked, they may also be too poor to have a Smartphone and pay for Data. I have plenty of senior relatives who love their Jitterbug dumb phone, and if given a Smartphone, wouldn't know how to use its features, and will never got on-line with it. I have folks who are banked, relatively well-off, and have smartphones. But they are deathly afraid of technology. They have yet to figure out how to install an app, much less learn how to use a brand new one. They still demand paper statements and print out e-mails. Nothing will comfort them other than something physical they can hold in their hands. (If you’re a doomsday prepper, on the other hand, you also have a reason to favor physical tokens—like gold, coffee beans, or whiskey—over electronic ones—like Bitcoins. But that’s an entirely different topic outside the scope of public transportation.) Edited June 23, 2020 by CenSin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrome Posted June 23, 2020 Share #681 Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) On 6/20/2020 at 12:38 PM, RestrictOnTheHanger said: There is a good amount of info in this month's capital program committee book One tidbit is that there will no longer be a virtual OMNY card (one that can be loaded into Apple or Google Pay and used in lieu of a physical OMNY card or other payment card). I wonder if that feature would have been used much anyway given contactless and mobile wallet (credit/debit) capabilities. Also the fact that a time based pass will be able to be accessed with any payment instrument linked to an OMNY account https://new.mta.info/document/17896 Huh. I'm not 100% sure how to interpret this statement: "Virtual OMNY Card will not be deployed. Similar functionality is accessible in commercial digital wallets." At first glance, I took it to mean that you'll no longer be able to put an OMNY card in your Apple Wallet or Google Pay wallet. That they'd rely solely on the "Time Based Linked products" instead. But another interpretation is that they've ditched some relatively proprietary solution they were working on (perhaps as a part of the OMNY app), in favor of the more-standardized transit pass solutions offered by Apple and Google for their digital wallet products. Edited June 23, 2020 by rbrome 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted June 24, 2020 Share #682 Posted June 24, 2020 15 hours ago, Amtrak41 said: An OMNY-only card does make sense for those who don't have a bank account, nor a credit card, or simply don't want to the risk of flashing their debit or credit card around in public. MTA cannot require you to have a bank account or smartphone to use the system. 14 hours ago, Amtrak41 said: If poor enough to be unbanked, they may also be too poor to have a Smartphone and pay for Data. I have plenty of senior relatives who love their Jitterbug dumb phone, and if given a Smartphone, wouldn't know how to use its features, and will never got on-line with it. There will be a physical OMNY card available. No one will be forced to use a contactless bank card or smartphone. Such card could be loaded online or with cash/debit/credit when rplacement vending machines and retail networks are rolled out. It will not be necessary to have an online account either. Look at how London's Oyster network is set up, ours will be almost exactly the same, but with no exit fare or capping. 11 hours ago, rbrome said: Huh. I'm not 100% sure how to interpret this statement: "Virtual OMNY Card will not be deployed. Similar functionality is accessible in commercial digital wallets." At first glance, I took it to mean that you'll no longer be able to put an OMNY card in your Apple Wallet or Google Pay wallet. That they'd rely solely on the "Time Based Linked products" instead. But another interpretation is that they've ditched some relatively proprietary solution they were working on (perhaps as a part of the OMNY app), in favor of the more-standardized transit pass solutions offered by Apple and Google for their digital wallet products. That's how I read it too at first but your point makes more sense. Some other transit agencies currently allow for their card to be set up in Google and/or Apple pay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted June 25, 2020 Share #683 Posted June 25, 2020 ADD Norwood-205th Street Kingsbridge Road Tremont Avenue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 25, 2020 Share #684 Posted June 25, 2020 They are flying with these installations, my goodness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted June 25, 2020 Share #685 Posted June 25, 2020 They are flying, but still, there are only 5 stations left in the Bronx and 12 left in Manhattan. Meanwhile there's 54 stations left to do in Queens and 129 in Brooklyn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak41 Posted June 25, 2020 Share #686 Posted June 25, 2020 Why does the Bronx take precedence over Queens and Brooklyn ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 26, 2020 Share #687 Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/25/2020 at 2:26 PM, Amtrak41 said: Why does the Bronx take precedence over Queens and Brooklyn ? Probably a case of completing the installations in one borough before moving to another. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted June 30, 2020 Share #688 Posted June 30, 2020 ADD Fordham Road 182-183rd streets 170th Street the two stations on ether side of 170th stand between two things. Firstly the B and D being complete north of Broadway-Lafayette and secondly the entire system in Manhattan and the Bronx north of 59th street being online. apparently 57th Street is not on their to-do list, which means if they don’t bring it and Astoria Blvd on-line in the next 25 hours, ether they have failed the June list or the person in charge of that part of the site need a serious talking to because they’ve been online for days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 1, 2020 Share #689 Posted July 1, 2020 The map on the OMNY rollout page is missing, we might be getting the July list soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted July 1, 2020 Share #690 Posted July 1, 2020 Still missing as of 7/1 afternoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guira1283 Posted July 2, 2020 Share #691 Posted July 2, 2020 You can Add President st. on the 2/5 and possibly Grand army plaza 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 3, 2020 Share #692 Posted July 3, 2020 ADD: 174-175th Streets 167th Street. THE BRONX IS COMPLETE Bergen Street President Street Sterling St Winthrop St Church Ave Beverly Rd Newkirk Ave Only 13 stations to complete the IRT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 3, 2020 Share #693 Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) Current status All Stations 241st Street to Bergen St, Franklin Ave to Newkirk Ave (3 Stations) 148th Street to Bergan St, Franklin Ave (12 Stations) Woodlawn to Franklin Ave (1 Station) Dyre Ave to Newkirk Ave (1 Station) All Stations All Stations 42nd St All Stations (line not in service) 207th Street to Euclid Ave, Howard Beach-JFK (20 Stations) All Stations Sutphin Blvd-JFK, Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, Court Square to Lexington Ave/53rd Street, 7th ave to World Trade Center (7 Stations) Bedford Park Blvd to Broadway-Lafayette Street, Atlantic Ave, Prospect Park (8 Stations) Norwood-205th St to Broadway-Lafayette Street, Atlantic Ave (15 stations) Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, Lexington Ave-63rd St, 47-50th streets to Broadway-Lafayette Street, York St to Jay Street-Metro Tech (34 Stations) Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, Court Square to Lexington Ave/53rd Street, 47-50th streets to Broadway-Lafayette Street (26 Stations) Court Square, Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets, (19 Stations) 8th Ave to Union Square, Broadway Junction (20 stations) Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 30th Avenue to 5th Ave/59th street, 49th Street to Atlantic Ave (13 Stations) 96th Street-2nd Ave to Lexington Ave-63rd St, Times Square-42nd Street to Canal street, Atlantic Ave, Prospect Park (19 Stations) Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, Lexington Ave/59th street to 5th Ave/59th Street, 49th Street to Jay St-Metro Tech, Atlantic ave, 86th Street, (25 Stations) Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 30th Avenue to 5th Ave/59th street, 49th Street to Cortlandt St, Whitehall St-South Ferry (2 Stations) / Fulton St to Canal St, Broadway Junction Sutphin, Blvd-JFK (25 stations) Franklin All stations. Rockaway none (5 Station) Edited July 3, 2020 by Kamen Rider 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted July 3, 2020 Share #694 Posted July 3, 2020 When omny is online for the employees can they use it on path when it is implemented? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 via Mosholu Posted July 3, 2020 Share #695 Posted July 3, 2020 13 hours ago, BreeddekalbL said: When omny is online for the employees can they use it on path when it is implemented? There shouldn't be a reason for them not to use it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted July 6, 2020 Share #696 Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 10:10 PM, Kamen Rider said: ADD: 174-175th Streets 167th Street. THE BRONX IS COMPLETE Bergen Street President Street Sterling St Winthrop St Church Ave Beverly Rd Newkirk Ave Only 13 stations to complete the IRT is Flatbush-Nostrand on line 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLine Posted July 6, 2020 Share #697 Posted July 6, 2020 No 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted July 7, 2020 Share #698 Posted July 7, 2020 Church ave was not online on Wendesday. Don’t know what’s now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 7, 2020 Share #699 Posted July 7, 2020 not online Wednesday, listed as online on Thursday... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 8, 2020 Share #700 Posted July 8, 2020 ADD Astoria Blvd (...finally...) Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College the 5 is now complete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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