MTA switches first OMNY vending machines on
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“For an agency that just turned 119, by the way, last Friday, we are bringing New York City Transit into a new generation of fare payment,” said Rich Davey, the chief of the MTA’s subway and city bus systems. The machines will sell single-use tickets and reusable cards, both of which can be tapped on OMNY readers to pay the fare.Previously, the MTA had attempted to sell OMNY cards like gift cards at bodegas, grocery stores and pharmacies. But, the program struggled amid widespread complaints that the retailers did not make the cards easy to find — or, in some cases — just didn’t put them out.