RE: https://masto.nyc/@samuelsantaella/116302701140039332
So frustrated with #OMNY, esp concerned for the privacy of fellow transit riders. Encourage fellow NYCers to contribute
RE: https://masto.nyc/@samuelsantaella/116302701140039332
So frustrated with #OMNY, esp concerned for the privacy of fellow transit riders. Encourage fellow NYCers to contribute
Having issues with #OMNY in 2026? Tell #RidersAlliance about it and help inform their ongoing organizing work to fix it!
Calling the OMNY customer service line, and for the first time in my life I heard the message "This call may be recorded for training purposes" followed with, "If you would not like to be recorded, press X."
What a concept!
At midnight on 1 January, the flexible credit card-sized pass used by millions of New Yorkers to get through subway turnstiles is being terminated from sale just as a new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, takes office.
The transit system will fully transition to #Omny, a contactless payment system that allows riders to tap their credit card, phone or other smart device to pay fares, much as they do for other purchases.
NYC's OMNY Card Is Here, And I Am Full Of Regret
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/nyc-subway-omny-metrocard/
The Silent Failure of OMNY: How the MTA’s “Modern” System Leaves Riders Behind
The MTA sold OMNY as the future. A sleek, contactless, modern payment system designed to replace the MetroCard, speed up commutes, and drag New York’s transit infrastructure into the 21st century. It was marketed as a seamless solution, a smoother way to move millions of people every day, a tap-and-go miracle. Except, as every rider who has actually lived with OMNY knows, this future has been more frustrating than freeing, more glitchy than graceful, and more annoying than any system this […]