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Progress in transitioning to contactless fare payment system
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Demetrius Crichlow reports on the progress of transitioning to a contactless fare payment system across New York City's transit network, highlighting recent milestones and expressing support for fare discount programs.
- Tap-and-go payment is now available to nearly all riders, including reduced fare customers as of December
- Student OmniCard usage has significantly increased compared to the previous year's MetroCard system
- The MTA supports efforts to expand the city's Fair Fare program, which provides half-price MetroCards to low-income New Yorkers
- Crichlow emphasizes the importance of increasing program enrollment to benefit more residents
Demetrius Crichlow
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On fares, the transition to contactless fare payment is moving along.
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Tap and go is now available to nearly all riders since we brought over reduced fare customers back in December.
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The largest customer group that we've had had that had not been transitioned to Omni.
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Students have been tapping in since the fall and that student OmniCard usage is way up from last year when we were still giving out MetroCards.
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I wanna thank the council for supporting efforts to expand the city's fair fare programs which provides half price metro cards to low income New Yorkers.
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Our team at the MTA is with you 100% and support the efforts to expand the program.
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The more folks that can sign up, the better.