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“The RFID cards, however, are far more durable than the flimsy MetroCards that NYC uses.” Absolutely, when I lived in Chicago I had their RFID card which was r
by mtalantikite 5y ago
“The RFID cards, however, are far more durable than the flimsy MetroCards that NYC uses.”
Absolutely, when I lived in Chicago I had their RFID card which was relatively durable. And you could refill the balance online iirc. I moved to NYC in 2007 and eventually got used to the flimsy metrocards, always hoping that they’d get it together and get a contactless system in place.
Well, it finally happened in NYC. I took the subway for the first time since the pandemic started not too long ago and all of the transit in the city has the new Omny card system. It just uses my default Apple Pay card and that’s it. No passcode, faceid, etc. I just waved my phone in front of it, my card gets charged, and the turnstile is open.
And it works on buses too! Finally no more having to run to a subway station to find a metrocard machine to refill my balance when I want to take the bus.