Students, seniors next in line for MTA’s OMNY payment system
Students, seniors and low-income New Yorkers will soon get a free or discounted OMNY card instead of a MetroCard, as the MTA seeks to speed up the long-delayed rollout of the tap-and-go payment system.
MTA Chair Janno Lieber said extending OMNY this year to New Yorkers who receive discounted fares – like seniors, paratransit riders and low-income residents enrolled in the Fair Fares program – was a big step toward making the payment system part of more commuters’ routines. More workers who use pre-tax commuter benefit cards will also be able to use OMNY this year, he said. Students will receive OMNY cards this fall, instead of a MetroCard.
“The old one will be deactivated when you replace it and you can be issued a new one in a fairly seamless way,” he told the MTA board at a meeting Monday. Commuter benefit cards can be added to smartphones – iPhone users can do this using the Wallet app – allowing easy use of the pre-tax benefits.
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