This Will Change Everything for New York!
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- čas přidán 26. 10. 2021
- The New York City Subway has finally entered the 21st century, with OMNY being introduced to the system! Let's take a look at how the new smart card will revitalize the system.
A big shoutout to Hassaan Qazi ( / hqazi_ ) for sending us the OMNY card used in this video!
And another shoutout to Ayinde Stevens ( / ayindestevens ) for letting us use his wonderful photos of the subway!
Check out the Curbed article on the OMNY system: www.curbed.com/2021/10/omny-c...
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What's your opinion of the OMNY system?
Faster than a MetroCard but I won't be able to buy one of the cards until new vending machines come out. When in full force, it'll definitely reduce bus dwell times.
whelp im alr using and octopus so I'm not really sure if it will be similar or not
Havent used the card yet but looking forward to getting one. Love using the tap to pay cause using the old metrocard machines was a giant pain.
So exciting to hear your experience!
this is very cool and interesting
It just won’t be New York if you don’t have to stand there trying to swipe your Metrocard at just the perfect rate, not too fast, not too slow - missing your train and getting whacked by the turnstile bar while commuters pile up behind you and into you
The world has changed!
Back when SF, DC and other cities were building their systems with cards for payment (1970’s), NYC still used tokens. I remember reading that the NYC leaders thought NYC riders would never accept cards.
Real new yorkers just jump the turnstile tbh, or have the emergency exit propped open
That sounds sus
In other words, the basic act of paying your fare will now be more accessible and faster.
Bring it on! No looking back!
The dancing in the intro. Perfection.
Love seeing Reece get more comfortable/confident.
@@RMTransit of course the technology nerd knows how to use photos in comments (first time seeing this). Will be mainstream in 2022, I bet.
@@szurketaltos2693 Word, I feel like his latest videos are something else entirely just because he put more of his personality into them and I love it
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OMNY expands to the whole of the Northeast - name is now OMNE (pronounced the same)
You beat me to it. I thought the exact same thing.
The "Metro" in One Metro New York (OMNY) pays homage to NYCs metrocard so it won't really work for the entire region.
I thought the exact same thing too!
Too obvious, isn't it. All of 2 seconds to think of this.
If it hits Boston and Philly, then sure lol. But if it stays within NJ and CT, then it's still within the tri-state area which NYC is the center of, so a name change wouldn't be necessary
There is a school of thought in Britain that smartcards such as the London Oyster are no longer needed. 'Everyone can pay using their contactess credit/debit card or have an app on their smartphone.' This ignores the needs of children under the age of majority, and adults who are blind, or have learning difficulties. There are also adults (like me) who do not want to fish out their credit card to pay for( say) a £3 bus fare, but are happy to use a smartcard such as the Robin Hood card we have in my home city of Nottingham.
I think more options is almost always a better approach with transit
@@RMTransit Hmm though it doesn't make sense for me. In my city, the only option is the payment card, instead of a transit one. Children can get one too and even have it issued from the city, it is more convenient, you don't have to worry about having multiple cards, plus if you want budget management then you can do it with your bank. What's the difference between paying with your payment card and the transit card? I think it would just seem confusing to many people
Mobile payments are a gamechanger in this regard. You already probably hold your phone while travelling and pulling up your card is a non-issue. For kids/other special cases (like senior discounted fares etc.), there should still be options, as more options = better
Robin Hood card haha.
I personally prefer having a psychical card rather then using my phone since the physical card never runs out of battery power. Also at lease the card I use in Portland, Ore works through my wallet so it’s overall faster to use it then unlocking my phone choosing my card and then tapping the phone. It’s a marginal difference but I guess it’s more about my paranoia of being stuck with a dead battery then Anything else.
As someone who travels relatively frequently and takes transit in many cities, I think the biggest issue with most transit smart cards is that virtually every city has its own unique card. About the only places I know of that have integrated farecards are southern California (where virtually every transit agency accepts TAP) and Ontario (where I was pleasantly surprised to find both Toronto and Ottawa accepted the same card). While I enjoy keeping farecards as souvenirs, it is annoying to have to find the correct card for every place I visit.
Many cities are making it so you can pay with a debit/credit card as well. Not good for frequent users because benefits are not as strong but it's good for people like you.
It's also a lot of cards to keep in your dresser for future trips.
Or enable the transit function on your smartphone. In NY, I just use my phone for entry. Then when I was In Chicago I did the same thing.
Whereas OMNY will be a smaller change for the subway, it will be a game-changer for buses because OMNY will finally enable all-door boarding on all buses, not just on our BRT brand "Select Bus Service".
OMNY is going through phased rollouts, such that the MetroCard will be retired in 2023. So this is just the beginning. I'm most looking forward to buying/refilling them at local shops (none yet in my area of Queens 2 miles from the subway, though I live a half mile from a LIRR station so I can check progress there) and integration of various systems, including non-MTA local buses in surrounding suburbs and PATH. I'm also flabbergasted as to why NJ Transit is not adopting OMNY.
All door boarding is awesome indeed
Singapore has been using EZ-Link cards of similar technology since 2002 but still boarding is only @ the front (unless you're wheelchair bound, for which the driver will walk to the exit (where the ramp is) to assist you, or for the handful of routes e.g. those to some tertiary institutions with many passengers boarding @ 1 stop, where an inspector is employed to stand at the exit)
NJ Transit is not what you have to worry about as they dont accept the Metrocard either. Its the PATH system. NJT uses their mobile app / ticket vending machines/ cash fares collected by bus drivers. However I have noticed NJT has installed what looks to be a smart card readers on their buses, but they are not currently active. They have the logo that shows they accept NFC credit/debit cards
@@johnsamoilis6379 LIRR and Metro-North never accepted MetroCard before, but they're transitioning to OMNY. So I will hold NJ Transit to the same standard. It shouldn't be that difficult to get around the region.
Washington DC has the SmarTrip Card which can be used for the metro and buses. It was 1st introduced back in 1999 and was the 1st North American rapid transit system to have a smart card.
Smart trip is cool! Especially since they have a digital version!
Plus SmarTrip is cross compatible with the Charm Card, so it works on Baltimore transit as well.
Wouldn’t mind if it looked as snazzy as the OMNY card though!
@@13percenttrue you just answered a question I've been wondering for a long time. I visit DC often and I have a SmarTrip Card. I have been wanting to take the MARC while visiting DC to Baltimore for couple of days. So you are saying I can use my SmarTrip to ride MTA? Awesome
@@13percenttrue The OMNY card is ugly in comparison. I'm glad we got an update but the design needs better. Lol
@@thebootielover They are cross compatible, but only the Smartrip works on most of the agencies.
OMNY has not been rolled out on the two non-MTA bus systems that used MetroCard, Bee-Line of Westchester County and Nassau Inter-County-Express, as well as the Roosevelt Island Tramway
Hopefully soon!
It’s due on NICE, Bee-Line, and the tramway (as well as AirTrain!) between late 2022 and 2023!
They will eventually get them cause they all use the MetroCard
I love the Bee-Line
@@HassaanQazi AirTrain is ran by the Port Authority of NY/NJ. They have SmartLink but its only used on the PATH system. The Metrocard is accepted on AirTrain and PATH system. The PA of NY/NJ are coming up with a new smart card to replace the SmartLink and Metrocard. The Metrocard may need to be extended beyond 2023 for PATH, Airtrain, NICE, and the Bee-Line
Imagine if transit card mergers allow OMNY to became OMNE in the future (New England)
I am sure the OMNY card in a couple of years will be like the Clipper card in the Bay area for all the Transit systems.
Lol "a 10 minute video about bus cards, welcome to rmtransit" I love it. 10+ minutes about bus cards are why I'm here
One thing that I love about the presto cards now is that you can actually load them instantly via NFC on your phone. Saved me a bunch of times when I realized I didn’t have enough funds right before I had to board a bus
Yeah it is a good feature
When the app works :-p
@@RMTransit , the 'Pass Navigo' card in Île-de-France (Paris' region) allow the same.
Also, single use cardboard ticket are being replaced by RFID enabled cards, similar to the subscription one.
the Netherlands: One card, everything but air! Bikes, rent car, bus, water ferry, tram, train, metro for the entire Country :) Auto-load and recovery, age and occupation fares, in short Everything: "ov-chipkaart". A must for visitors!
Something I think worth mentioning is that while Japanese Fare Cards can be used anywhere they can't be refilled anywhere, generally they can only be refilled in the area where the card is from. While 1 card for all of New England or all of America might seem like a far-off fantasy it seems decently feasible to implement such a system so that even if OMNY couldn't be refilled in NJ it could still be used and vice-versa with whatever NJ comes up with. Great video as Always!
"is this guy really going to make a 10 minute plus video on transit cards?
Welcome to RMTransit"
Hell yeah, that's what we're here for! Nerding out about anything transit-related xD
Haha, I am proud to know that everyone is with me for it!
In Porto, Portugal since 2005 you can use bus, tram, metro and train with one rechargeable card or a mobile app. The city is divided by zones and with one ticket you can use whatever transit system available in a hour in one zone.
8:41 Nice PATH reference
You shall not photograph!
It will be actually useful when they allow monthly and weekly passes on it. Unless they go with fare capping, but they will need to do a lot of explanation to roll that out because a lot of straphangers are used to monthly metro cards.
Daily fare capping is coming in 2022 they said.
"Is this guy really gonna make a 10 minute plus video about bus cards?"
You know it's true!
One of my big questions is why transit agencies simply don't accept debit/credit cards, PayPal, or Google/Apple Pay.
Many such as MTA now do! That said credit cards etc tend to have high fees, which hurt when you are doing tons of small transactions.
@@RMTransit Ah! I'd forgotten about credit card processing fees. Good point.
I live in NY and the OMNY card is the one causing the turnstile to hit me in the gut.
New York needs to modernize its fare gates haha
@@RMTransit But I wouldn't be able to jump a door type fare gate like I can a turnstile!
@@somebonehead there would literally be protests if the gates became harder to jump.
I had that the other day, my first real OMNY glitch. The gate rejected my phone, then accepted it, dinged, as soon as I hit the bar to go through it locked me out. There definitely are still bugs in the system.
5:34 "tap your way to transit bliss" has to be one of my favorite quotes ever... hilarious!
This video was really great btw. I hope other US cities will start using this sort of fare payment system. Like you said, it would be even cooler if OMNY cards could be used in other US cities too, not just NYC/North East (Chicago, Los Angeles... even Toronto?) but that seems like it'd be too good to ever be true in North America.
I used such a card in Atlanta on MARTA. The card works on the full network of train and bus.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Won't happen in Canada. Canadian provinces and cities have already been doing versions of this already. Ontario's Presto Card is not perfect but it covers almost any transit system in the Toronto area, parts of southwestern Ontario and over to Ottawa. It's a heavily embedded model.
@@sirjohneh much like EZ-Pass, there could be an interstate agreement for interoperability, as long as everyone uses similar enough technology that it’s compatible.
I feel like NYC is the one who is behind on this, not the other cities in the United States.
The cool thing about South Korea T-Money card is you can pay taxi rides, plus all mass transit. Not only can you fill your card at Conv. Stores but you can purchase store items as well. Living in Seoul is so convenient, my soul actually cries when I have to return to car culture America.
Those T money cards came in clutch once when I left my wallet in my desk one day at work and was SOL for food that night. 😂 good memories
Student ID comes with some limited T Money usage.
You were humorous on this one. Nice job balancing content with personality. You are becoming an entertainer as well as a transit specialist.
I still remember when I was a kid, I weekly visit my mom’s university to see her laboratory by taking the metro and buying tickets for each person was lame. But in April 2008, the transit ministry of Quebec released the OPUS card, it was back then a huge success for many Montreal commuters, especially for my mom to simply buy a group fare for us
Opus is one of my favourite transit cards!
Feels pretty interesting that New York finally has this card. I'm from HK and we have an octopus card (also mentioned by another person) which is one of the most amazing things ever, and we can buy things and ride public transit with just one card. And we can also add money to it via NFC and whatever. More places should really use this type of card though...
Being able to use Apple Pay to pay for a subway ride has been amazing. I tried it when they first came out and it was really cool, now they finally have it in all stations.
Germany has an even more convenient system: No barriers or gates at all, just a sign saying "Only enter with valid ticket".
my understanding - if some documentaries are accurate - is that France does the same thing except with fare gates pretending to collect money and people jumping over them in droves and not getting caught when they don't pay. I think Germans may see fare evasion differently?
I like the metrocard specifically because swiping it feels nice.
Mainly because I can swipe it correctly consistently
Dialing in your metro card swipe technique dialed in is such a New Yorker rite of passage. It's one of those things that's def. bad but I'm going to miss in a weird way.
It's huge for the bus though. the coin dropping/metro card dip was so slow, and more than once I realized I was out of money on the metro card and had no change so I wouldn't take the bus. It's def a nice change.
Hi there thanks for this video. I like how articulate you are and very thorough. Have a great weekend ahead.
All the fare cards dropping out reminds me of after my tour out west where I had day transit and/or library cards for Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver in my wallet. XD
Many cards! It’s a big collection!
The northeast corridor is doing some pretty cool stuff across the network
As a daily MetroCard user (I've identified 13 different combinations of bus and subway that will get me to work and back), I'm waiting on OMNY vending machines to be rolled out, since at that point 7-day and 30-day passes will be available.
Even so, I've had occasion to use the readers with a debit card, on those infrequent occasions I've either walked out the house without my Metrocard, or misjudged the re-load date on my typical 7-day pass, only to be reminded when the bus farebox tells me my card expired :P .
It does have transfers, all the same rules apply as MetroCard, the only extra rule is you just need to make sure you use the exact same method of payment to do so. (IE, if you tapped a physical card to board a bus, you need to use the physical card again when transferring to another bus or the subway, you can't use the digital version of that card saved on your phone's wallet)
We have a similar thing in Bengaluru. Our Metro Card can be remotely recharged from home through the website. No need to go to metro station at all.
It’s interesting that NY is only just implementing these, while London has had the equivalent for 15 years, and is already moving beyond them through payment by bank card.
4:35 greek ticket "dispenser" just seeing that reminds me how wonderful it is that I haven't used any of Athens's mass transit options for 5 years now!
We've got some of these since 2011. It's called "Rejsekort" witch means Travelcard in Danish. We can use it in Denmark and Malmö
Even in sleepy York in England my bus / rail tickets are on my phone - who needs a card or paper ticket anymore.
Love the dancing by the way - throwing some good shapes there ...
Going from paper tickets to an Oyster Card was one of the best small things I did. Then going to contactless with my card was a step up, then Apple Pay on me phone, and now my watch, saving time just by tapping a wrist on a reader has made traversing London so much more stress free and has saved me from missing some trains! Excited if I ever make it back to New York to try this :D (Also I clicked for the title and stayed for the dancing)
This was strangely engaging. Good job!
Fun fact I just recently learned, the DMV thanks to the M has probably one of the only regional fare integrations in the us as you can use either a dc smartrip or a Maryland charm card on dc metro metro bus the dc counties bus systems and the Baltimore bus metro rail and light rail link.
I love that you brought the dance back 💪💪💪💪
The OMNY system is very similar to the metrocard used in my city in Australia. Its super handy recharching the metrocard at any chemist or convenience store or if I dont have my metrocard I can just pay using my phone, credit or debit card.
I noticed when I was in NY last year that I could just tap my phone at some stations. Then again, that's how I've been doing it in Sydney and London for some time, too, and those cities honour weekly/return/off-peak fares if you use the same credit card account for each faregate or bus/tram terminal. If only New Jersey and US New England did that, we would all have a tap-everywhere card: it's just your credit card. (Boston really, really, REALLY needs to get its transport agencies at least on an integrated card, though! It's a bloody mess!)
Can't wait to try this, I've seen one for the first time Today and it's smaller than I thought it would be.
We’ve had that on our TAP cards in Los Angelenos for years. You can load it anywhere. At a station, online or on any bus. I know our network is still a fraction of what it should be but the infrastructure that we have is top notch.
We have Troyka card in Moscow. It works in subway, buses, trams (and RIP trolleybuses, our mayor hated them and replaced with electric battery-powered buses), Moscow Central Circle (MCC, kinda S-Bahn) and recently Moscow Central Diameters (MCD). Latter are rebranded suburban trains. They were completely isolated from other form of transport, one should buy paper tickets to particular station (they wouldn't let you out on any other even if price is the same). But now transfers between subway, MCC and MCD are free for 90 minutes, as long as you stay in the city. When going to suburban areas, additional fee is taken the moment you finish your route. It's RFID card, it can be replenished online but requires to tap it to 'info device' (available at each station) to transfer that amount to card itself. I don't quite know how exactly it works. When I damaged it, they managed to replace it with all amount left, so probably the balance is stored online after all.
Troyka has a super cool design!
Transit cards especially ones that allow you to have a weekly ticket on it are essential for people like me who wanted to visit every station on the London Underground in a day like I attempted to do. I was able to essentially go round nearly all of the system twice - once to practice and once for my attempt
This looks like a good system to me and should make NYC's public transport system a lot more convenient. Systems like this are game changers because they turn what to some is a chore to a more simple hop on hop off type of service. Queues? What are queues?
As a native New Yorker, I have to say that nothing will come close to replacing the subway token in terms of being iconic.
Istanbul recently went for vertical design too! It's also colorful depending the type of the card.
Here in Turin, Italy and surrounding region, we have the BIP card. It can be used on urban, suburban and regional buses, trams & the Metro in Turin and regional trains on the SFM commuter rail network. I currently don't need to use transit much as most of my work done via remote (aka Zoom) but I keep daily tickets on the card. When I need to ride more, I'll just add a pass onto my BIP. It's tap to validate and go.
I really hope that soon you’ll be able to use omny with the nyc ferrys, right now they don’t even take metrocards and it’s so annoying
Nyc ferrys has an app. It's much more convenient than buying a physical ticket at the ferry terminal.
As to omny to pay for fair I agree with you. The nyc ferry should be connected with the MTA system since we're paying the same price to ride.
@@Jfar31 well considering omny can work with your phone it should be easy to integrate it with the ferry app, I’d hope so at least
I could never imagine, that newyork had no system like this one before. In my Hometown a comparable system like that exist since a long time. I cant remember a time when we had no RFID or a pre RFID card
I hope OMNY readers and the OMNY card also comes to the suburbs of Long Island and Westchester, where local buses (LI Bus and Beeline bus) also take Metrocard now. I have an easypay Metrocard now that automatically fills with new money from my transit credit card once it runs out, also giving me a cash bonus, so that in this way I don't need to go to a station to reload the card. Hope there will be a similar OMNY card eventually.
I can finally add it to my contactless transit farecard collection!
The big benefit of OMNY is that is doesn’t require any card to get the full discount. If you pay with the same mobile payment or the same tap-to-pay credit card, all rides are free after you pay 12 times in a week. This means nobody needs an OMNY card and you’re not penalized for pay-as-you-go versus unlimited passes.
The new Istanbulkart design here in istanbul is really nice and you can use it on every mode of transportation. (metros, ferries, commuter rail etc) they've also started to expand it outside of public transportation. You can use it to pay your groceries in many stores (including chane supermarkets), pay the parking ticket in municipality's parking lots and many other things that they are going to add in the future.
1:58 Clipper introduced a vertical card more than 11 years ago
You are such a GEEK! I love it
interesting that you are wearing a SFU sweatshirt and talking about NY transit!! funny!
NOTE Boston had the charlie card for years now rfid setup....also pleanty of systems are now using rfid on your phones now to tap too..
Huge fan of the Suica card in Japan. You can use it not only on public transit systems across Japan but also to pay for thing at convenient stores etc.
Paris has had the contactless Navigo card since 2001, but unfortunately it was only used to store monthly or yearly season tickets, those who travelled infrequently had to rely on old magnetic tickets.
Only now they're only going to introduce true system-wide pay-as-you-go at best next year, even though the Navigo card had such a function since the very beginning!
Traveled to New York on Amtrak from Florida and apple pay on these is amazing.
@5:41 me waiting on the platform stimming with my metrocard
Nice that it’s getting easier for people to move around!
I have to say though, that in the Oslo metropolitan area most work on an app on your phone, though you can still use a card. However, basically all stalls were removed about a decade ago, meaning there are no physical boundaries slowing anyone down. You never have to show a ticket when entering any transport mode in the city. There are of course controls every now and then, with pretty heavy fines if you decided to just ride for free.
By the way the system through one app applies to every mode of public transport in the area, bus, tram, metro, train and boat. I’m also optimistic that the city bikes also will be connected soon, in some way.
If OMNY did end up being used across the whole Northeast, they could just call it OMNE and basically keep the name.
A similar thing was implemented in Madrid a few years ago, going from paper tickets to a contactless card. It had some benefits, but now the card is mandatory and it costs 3€ to get one last time I checked, without counting the fares after that
We used to keep track of which turnstiles in which stations had the good magstripe readers because of how many of them were utter trash. You'd just stand there swiping and swiping and swiping - and absolutely do not try another one because on that second try it said "swipe again at this turnstile" which meant that it had already eaten the payment (or done the 5-min lock on an unlimited). There was this one at the DeKalb L, the only one on that platform entrance, that cost me multiple missed trains while a line formed up because it took about 36,000 tries or so to get the damn thing to finally read.
Anyway, chuckling at internal organ damage aside, there are some other interesting details around OMNY that are coming up in the next few years post-launch. One of them is the reason for that barcode, as well as retaining cash-accepting machines, and honestly the physical card itself. We actually weren't sure for a *while* if it would even have cards, or whether it would just all be phone or ATM cards. It spawned a bit of controversy. NY has a very large population of cash-only folks, for whom doing that would be essentially impossible. So that physical card as well as its ability to be loaded in a huge number of places and via cash was a really solid move on their part, even if it was kind of an afterthought compared to the phone app / bank card thing. (Or maybe it was always part of the plan, but they sure as hell didn't communicate it to us until after they'd started rolling out the readers)
Another is one that I haven't checked in on in a while, so this might be out of date but: at least at one point the plan was that these cards would eventually be tied to 7 and 30 day unlimited, which, sure, cool whatever. BUT, that this would also have a sort of automated character to it - in that after hitting a certain fare amount in a 30 day window on the account it would just move to an unlimited automatically. I haven't heard of this since like 2018 or '19 though, and it would kill of a major revenue stream for the MTA (ie, people who don't buy unlimiteds but still spend about as much on fares a month) and it would have the potential to eliminate the upfront payers (because why?) which would introduce a degree of uncertainty to the income. So, I feel like that's something they would kill off pretty enthusiastically. They already can't rely on income from lost cards anymore lol.
Yesterday I thought that my student ID card was broken or that I even get expelled, as the machine wouldn't rewrite the date. I tried multiple times, making sure that I put it in the right way,, but it said that the card was "invalid". So I panicked. Turns out the machine was broken, the other machine worked fine and now I am officially a student again.
Dancing Reece is back!
With the exception of the barcode this sounds a lot like the ORCA card that's been in use in the Puget Sound region several years.
The ORCA can be used in area transit systems and ferries. In 2022 an ORCA cellphone app will be available.
Here in Barcelona there is a contact less card called t-mobilitat, but it had been delayed for ages and there isn't even an expansion on different zones...
To be entirely pedantic:
The card is not written to when scanning the barcode. My best assumption is that a central database is updated and the next turnstyle you tap it to then updates the balance on the card. Or all the turnstyles receive balance updates.
If OMNY did end up expanding to cover multiple cities, it could be called OMNE.
smart cards + phone apps like transit & google maps are super important for making mass transit more accessible, especially buses
The OMNY logo might refer to rails but the name itself is a double play on "omnibus", or what we now just call "the bus" and omni meaning "for all" kinda like Seattle's ORCA.
A cool thing about OMNY as well is that due to SEPTA KEY's ability to double as a debit card, it's actually compatible with OMNY, which is awesome.
In Argentina we have that one too, except that we can load it with the phone through NFC, It is really convenient. Great video!
He didnt talk about it but OMNY can also be used with NFC
We have already had the OMNY app for more than a year. This allows a tap by your phone. You never have to reload.
The OMNY card is good for those few people who don't have phones. But the real transformative change was the introduction of the app.
We now have a new transit card in India - NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) which operators across the country will eventually accept. Currently, they're accepted on the Bangalore Metro and Airport Line of Delhi Metro. This card is essentially a standard Visa/MasterCard/RuPay card with an inbuilt "wallet" feature. So it can be used to pay for transit, retail or basically anywhere a card is accepted.
The concept and execution sounds similar to the Clipper Card for the SF Bay Area. One big flaw with Clipper is that if you reload it from the web, it takes several days for the funds to appear (and then you have to tap it on a connected terminal, many buses aren't in constant contact). IDK why it should take so long -- you can load it at Walgreen's (drug store) or at a fixed station (VTA light rail, BART, SF Muni, etc) and it will credit it right away. It also doesn't look as cool as the OMNY. It does pay tribute to the history of the area, and the presence of clipper ships in the area.
next time i go on a trip im going to keep the map thing in mind for you big g
in lisbon metropolitan area, there is a card that allows you to travel in all public transportation. if you buy one of the packages (80€ for families, 40€ for individuals, 20-30€ student cards, and +65. and 60€ for another situation I cant remember. you can go wherever you want, using whatever types of public transport you want, for the same price every month. per month it costs less than 15l of gasoline.
Our country introduced a ticket where you can use any transit you like included in the price (3€/day)
I think you must be referring to Austria. Am I right?
@@Fan652w Yes
Never knew that NYC didn't have a contactless smart card! For all those who rave about credit and debit cards as alternative to these transit smart cards have completely forgotten that one a single fare structure can work with them. Here in Brisbane Australia we have separate cheaper fares for students, elderly, disabled and unemployed which have there own smart card to use. The pay with credit card thing here is for full fare only. Also if your an international visitor you will be slugged $4 every time you tap your credit card plus an exchange rate fee. This could ended up costing 3 times more than the fare itself
Systems like these are great. Even better are fully integrated resident cards for whole city or greater area, that can be used for paying for fares, but also other fees for city services, or for tickets for city (or even privately) provided events and places like a community pool for example. Cards like OMNY could be step in that direction. My country's Capitol has this card and our new (since 2022) transit card in my regional capital was made with ability to transform into that "city credit card" if that decision would be made in the future, even design was adapted to that in advance.
Since you mentioned the north east, OM-NE would keep the sound of the OMNY, while changing the definition
I wish OMNY was usable for all transit for the northeast corridor. A boy can dream
As soon as the new ORCA Cards in Seattle are live and available i plan to send one your may. I also can send any transit maps we have at that time.
What’s the new one going to look like?
You really skimmed over it but being able to use your credit/debit card is huge. It means you don't need to reload ever, it's far easier for visitors and infrequent users (who may become frequent users), and it means less plastic in your wallet. I really wish Seattle had this
But don't do a London and try and phase out the proprietary card as well. The best systems have both.
and the app. The overwhelming majority of people won't need to use the actual OMNY cards.
05:56 My home station is 7 stops north of here. I've been paying for the train with my phone using my credit card for a while now. It's going to be great to have a separate reloadable transit card to add to my digital wallet.
Ok the idea of having the bar code on and allowing you to recharge your card at something like the local grocery store is like 4 parallel universes ahead of anything I've experienced so far, that's genius! Especially for those of us who don't live close to a station, we can still charge up the card with our grocery shopping! Simply genius!
Just waiting for travel to resume so I can fly over to Japan and continue collecting their transport cards
I love your intro dance, I too want to dance about trains
It would be great if OMNY was rolled out to the PATH train, NJ Transit buses & light rail. Although I am unsure how it would work on LIRR, MetroNorth, & NJ Transit heavy rail services. Great video!
They are planning to with the PATH train, but NJ Transit won't be getting OMNY.
Great video and glad to see this. I visited Toronto and bought a presto card at the airport. As I was using it on UP Express, Go Transit and TTC I saved much more using the card than it cost me. Plus the convenience. My only gripe is the $6 for the card is not refundable. It is in Vancouver and London. A bonus is I could use the presto card in Ottawa too.
I really wish BC Transit would get smartcard for the rest of the province. A single card that can be used on any system in bc includong TransLink. They have a library card that can be used at any liibrary in bc and as presto shows, a single card can work in multiple systems, even if they're not connected, like Toronto and Ottawa.
UP now even allows contactless payment!
It's weird that DC had a card like this since 2000 called Smartrip
I recall DC using mag stripe cards when I went there in the 1980s.
Could you do a video of turnstiles Vs no turnstiles metro systems? Or just in general the up and downsides of it?