The MTA promised to begin a widespread roll-out this summer of more convenient OMNY card-refill machines — but not a single device has been installed yet, the agency quietly disclosed Monday.
this summer of more convenient OMNY card-refill machines — but not a single device has been installed yet, the agency quietly disclosed Monday.tap and pay system, which is years behind schedule in getting fully up and running — and now expected to cost $772 million, at least $130 million more than originally budgeted.
Jessica Lazarus, a top official in the MTA’s construction and development arm, responded, “We’re putting the final touches on it, so, I think you’ll quite soon when they’ll start to hit.The machines will finally allow cash-paying straphangers who use OMNY’s pre-paid tap cards to easily refill their cards.
An MTA spokesman later told The Post, “After a period of testing and pre-testing that lasted through the summer, we are installing the OMNY machines in four boroughs starting this week.” “Our intention is to start rolling them out to all 472 subway stations, beginning this summer,” Torres-Springer said.
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