MTA drops OMNY contractor as it looks to boost usage

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Ай бұрын

The MTA held a meeting about the rollout of OMNY on Monday. FOX 5 NY's Arthur Chi'en takes a look at the details that are still being worked out.
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@RubmaLione Ай бұрын

This video is very confusing because it actually says the MTA isn't dropping OMNY, but dropping the contractor responsible for implementation and instead relying on the team that developed the Traintime app to continue OMNY rollout. Or did I misinterpret that? Needs to be made more clear

@3markaw Ай бұрын

That's exactly what they said. Most people on here are so blinded by their hatred of the MTA that they completely miss what was said. However why it took the agency all these these years to realize that there are better companies out there who want the business , well that is completely on past MTA management .

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

They are only dropping Cubic from designing OMNY for the railroads. They aren't dropping Cubic from the bus and subways since they own that tech and have to repair it as needed.

@sfdko3291 Ай бұрын

Exactly WTF does dropping it mean? That they're cancelling it? No....so wtf does it mean?

@tayeba6659 Ай бұрын

Exactly. I was confused too and had to rewind to confirm they are only dropping the contractor. FOX has 3rd grade presentation skills. They need to learn how to present a story clearly. It’s not that hard.

@jeanandre6129 Ай бұрын

B ... S...

@johnduff3914 Ай бұрын

When I was stationed in Japan 20 years ago, they were using contactless payment system Suica in their train stations for years. They were using the Suica cards and their flip phones. They could even use it in convenience stores for purchases. I thought "Wow! why don't they do this in NY?" 20 years later the MTA still can't figure out the "wave of the future."

@098saw Ай бұрын

i do wish you could top up suica cards with card!

@mdeborah827 Ай бұрын

The banking system, insurance companies began here on slavery and using humans as bank loan instruments and for insurance policies. They were literally using farms to breed humans as profit. Those banks and insurance companies thrive today and most of the foundation of their wealth is built upon great disaprities in economic wealth. They still do not want everyone to be on the same economic level and they socially engineer it. Banking was so illegal for Blacks in America that banking geniuses were literally jailed for finding ways to work around extremely unjust economic oppression designed to crush. Japan is a homogenous society with hidden lower class that share similar physical features/phenotypes with a few darker people with kinky hair that keep your Shinto traditions that you don't really show. America is not a racially homogenous land and a huge amount of perceived success is achieved by divide and conquer along racial and economic lines. If all are able to equally access money to fund accounts to do what's in Japan, it would mean too much power would be lost as far as the hidden power structure is concerned. This need to put the subway system on a digital only format is economically crushing to many and thr city will regret it. I remember one New Year's Eve in the 90's when this here MTA raised the fare with NO ANNOUNCEMENT, NO HEARING, NOTHING, NADA. They need to keep the metrocard and also allow cash payment with coins still. They just want to discard massive amounts of people out of the city but they need to study the history of this city that has never been all one color since 1626 when African slaves built Wall Street, just so you know. The Lenni Lenape WOMEN ran the tribes and the exploitation of African Women's wombs for profit for banks that "chase" dollars in the "citi" for that "nylife" and "metropolitan life" need to add two more statues to that Wall Street because Karma Cafe is open and serving up destinynif they all don't act right. NYer's paid a subsidy on for decades every single month on the electric bill, gas and phone bills to support the MTA. Do the math and ask where that money went. Japan doesn't mind it's people doing well. America's power elites love inequity so much they send the jobs overseas, let the place crumble and went to war on its own citizens to economically oppress by forcefully destroying over 60 successful Black townships, two of them in Central Park with one under the Reservoir. For all to be able to exist economically like Japan would require seeing all as worthy of it and this nation is determined to keep that economic oppression going. This is why Japan and America cannot operate banking wise in the same way.

@dafa5911 Ай бұрын

@@098saw you can if you use a mobile suica

@thebigbadwolf Ай бұрын

People want the monthly. Why is it so difficult to implement this?

@jimgeo1000 Ай бұрын

Because Cubic is really bad at everything

@jamesrichardson900 Ай бұрын

It’s already done. After 12 rides it’s free. Comes out to the same price as monthly. People like you just love to complain.

@thebigbadwolf Ай бұрын

@jamesrichardson900 oh STFU with saying people like me want to complain. What the hell does that even mean? Read the room. The majority do not like it. The numbers do not lie. The OMNY card and the way its touch and go still has potential but they need to listen to the public. WTF is it taking so long to implement? I can speak my mind as a customer of MTA for the last decade plus. I shouldn't have to rely on a punch card system. If you do this many rides it's free shenanigans. An award system like buying deli subs isn't the way to go. Simply say it's a weekly or monthly fee. The rollout is not clear enough. Also, I have had my card charged from the omny while on the bus just being near it when I already paid. The system is flawed and too confusing for many people. They are only trying to juice out more money from people who pay fairly.

@tunosri671 Ай бұрын

@@thebigbadwolfI so agree with every single statement and then specifically about the being near the machine and it automatically taking your money far from a distance the exact same thing happened to me too after paying with metro card just coz my phone was almost close to the machine it just charged my card that’s why I stay so careful near these machines I even put my phone inside my pocket avoid that like they just developed it to satisfy their money hungry selves

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

@tunosri671 Tap tech is over 20 years old, the MTA didn't develop it.

@bluelabel6444 Ай бұрын

Should've thought about that before they rolled out OMNY. What a waste.

@ulize. Ай бұрын

not a waste, the terminals are still there. they just need axon to use the hardware and make new software to replace CUBIC software

@assonance9057 Ай бұрын

They didn’t drop OMNY the title is misleading

@ulize. Ай бұрын

@@assonance9057 they’re dropping the contractor, the MTA still owns the terminals and the name, they’re just having a new company develop software for said terminals

@atrocchia Ай бұрын

The MTA's specialty is wasting money, yet it always cries poverty.

@denniswise1460 Ай бұрын

They are run by dummies.

@CaradhrasAiguo49 Ай бұрын

7-day unlimited don't use OMNY as much? what is the newscast talking about? I thought OMNY's farecap moved to any rolling 7-day period?

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

It starts the first tap you make and counts 7 days from that. 12 taps and then the rest are free rides.

@goodbassfishin Ай бұрын

Ripoff

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

@goodbassfishin How is fare capping a rip-off? You don't pay more then a weekly in a 7 day period...

@goodbassfishin Ай бұрын

@@Shinycelebi than* Fare should be free.

@funnyfarm299 Ай бұрын

It used to be a fixed seven day period. If you started midweek it was cheaper to get an unlimited MetroCard.

@ryandarko2115 Ай бұрын

Since when did the MTI actually start caring about people?

@hakeemtheplace2959 Ай бұрын

More waste of money

@HarlemsMagic Ай бұрын

Did they just tell the public “ the money is gone”?

@Nagroddy Ай бұрын

Year after year the MTA continues to waste billion$ on shiny technology while ignoring primary operational repairs of the subway system. It is like putting lipstick on a pig or something like that. OMNY is yet another massive waste of money by the MTA.

@MrVariant Ай бұрын

No discounts with OMNY is sad. Good terminology lol lipstick on a pig

@bradfordjhart Ай бұрын

But millionaires and billionaires made a lot of money. Isn't that great?

@stavroslask1292 Ай бұрын

The Ponzi scheme/Scam has unlimited money called taxes! They do as they please and steal what THEY want! I have a cash business so they aren’t “Stealing” my $$$$

@roortiz2893 Ай бұрын

And congestion pricing for MTA to take in more money. Billions for 1 billion in spent overtime and whatever is left to pay for useless projects

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

@MrVariant You get the same discounts you did with Metrocard. Some of the stuff isn't rolled out yet but it's coming.

@theestallion818 Ай бұрын

Omny is a waste of time lol get a MetroCards lol 😂

@robroy6374 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@bennythepenny5831 Ай бұрын

Damn right! Screw Janno Lieber!

@InsaneNuYawka Ай бұрын

I am confusion

@rsup94 Ай бұрын

went to DC, took their subway and their payment system is way much better.

@jamesrichardson900 Ай бұрын

Then stay in DC

@rsup94 Ай бұрын

@@jamesrichardson900 didn't mean to hurt your OMNY but it sucks

@ontheroad5555 Ай бұрын

People will still complain. In DC the fare is based on distance. If someone takes the train from Fordham Road in the Bronx to Grand Central it will cost more than taking the train 5 stops.

@thebigbadwolf Ай бұрын

Exactly. MTA should look at other systems and implement a system that works for other cities.

@rsup94 Ай бұрын

@@ontheroad5555 I meant their payment technology system, you can add their card to the wallet app of your phone and you can even reload more funds from the wallet app itself if you have a debit or credit card on the wallet app.

@newsy7657 Ай бұрын

Interestingly, MTA never mentions and avoid talking about security of their personal and financial information when using a new payment system. Many people who have had difficulty reaching customer service representatives or experienced delays in resolving issues which can be frustrating for users. While MTA is trying to promote promotional tickets which is very cheap attempt to look like caring customers, many users end up not getting quality service.

@stache1954 Ай бұрын

Still waiting for many months on a replacement for my senior metrocard -

@bradfordjhart Ай бұрын

But what will replace train time when they start to suck

@H0DLTHED0R Ай бұрын

Happy time 😊

@theestallion818 Ай бұрын

It won't work keep the MetroCards!!!!!! 😮😮😮😮😮

@cjfromny Ай бұрын

I agree

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

OMNY works, people just gotta get used to tap tech, but this tech is over 20 years old and used everywhere in the world.

@choochoo2348 Ай бұрын

I love the metro card leave it

@codeman5507 Ай бұрын

Why pay? Just walk through the gate like everyone else. Lol

@jamesrichardson900 Ай бұрын

I learned that it’s easier to worry about yourself than others. I pay my fare every time and if I see someone in need I’ll pay for their fare as well. It’s called being a good human being. You should try it.

@BloodNote Ай бұрын

@@jamesrichardson900 It's called being poor...

@Distress. Ай бұрын

Why even have pay at the point of service. If any city should have free transit paid by taxes it would be NYC. It's not like city could function without the subway

@CityLifeinAmerica Ай бұрын

@@Distress. Because then it becomes a service for the "poor" instead of a needed service. You do not want that. Also, any money from fares should be going to improve service, not providing free fare.

@godfather6942 Ай бұрын

@@jamesrichardson900 stop being a MTA bootlicker James

@nyctransitrailfan Ай бұрын

I’m a student and I use omny card 😂 these kids don’t wanna pay anything at all

@warsh1p234 Ай бұрын

ok.. do you want a cookie for that?? a star sticker??

@PurpleDrugz Ай бұрын

@@warsh1p234😂😂😂😂💀

@Rafa_guitars Ай бұрын

When a metro card is more convenient than omny why would anyone upgrade

@BlimpCityFeeder Ай бұрын

No more staying off the grid, when riding the system. Will the Assistant Conductors on LIRR/Metro North charge a higher OMNY price when on board vs using the Station Reader??

@luisitox808 Ай бұрын

first the useless door and now they rolling out this, man, whoever is in charge of the decision making in the MTA must really high

@somemorre Ай бұрын

I will never use a system that allows the MTA to automatically debit my credit or debit card.

@blackobservation7429 Ай бұрын

Why the hell would we get rid of the cards we can keep both we have homeless people with cheap phones or no phone this is not good for everybody in the city what of are elderly who cannot comprehend

@cule189911 Ай бұрын

The onmy system has its own metrocard equivalent, you tap it rather than swipe, what are you talking about?

@grandnewton9887 Ай бұрын

What a great milestones, I already have Train time now I can use it for the MTA Perfect

@Zero11_ss Ай бұрын

Executives got their kickbacks. It never even made sense to contract this out and not just do it themselves. Now they will change to another outsourced team, overpay and get kickbacks again. People also dont like being tracked with this new system.

@RF_NY1 Ай бұрын

As someone here already commented, money is spent by the MTA on BS we don't exactly need, and this OMNY BS is one of them. On a more technical note, buying a crapload of new trains on the IRT numbered lines when the 6 train alone proves that the older "R62" cars that are currently operating still had plenty of life in them is another example. That is money in the hundreds of millions. The MTA knows that these trains can go 40+ years. The best money spent by the MTA in the past 2 1/2 decades are the signs that telll you how many minutes before the train arrives. All that other BS with screen maps, screen ads, etc is all people playing with money they didn't earn or care for.

@YAZZYUTUBE Ай бұрын

The MTA selected Cubic as the vendor, now the MTA is, as usual, passing the blame elsewhere. It's the MTA's fault for not properly vetting the vendor. But since MTA management is mismanaged, incompetent and worthless any company presented to them will appear to be a gem.

@chromebomb Ай бұрын

Cubic has a monopoly on transit payments. They are the only game in town.

@Shinycelebi Ай бұрын

Metrocards were owned by Cubic, that's why they continued with the same vendor.

@javogreen07 Ай бұрын

Mexico City’s subway just dropped paper tickets, after a 4 year rollout. No private contracts involved.

@gonfreecss5105 Ай бұрын

implent monthly, weely, and half fair onto them and many more people will sign up; otherwise its a absolute waste of money since having a card does the same damn thing. plus not everyone is tech savy or uses phones to play games/apps

@tonymanzo3766 Ай бұрын

Cubic was a company that handled automatic toll collection on the mta bridges and tunnels, it was formerly known as automatic toll systems and patented the machine that counts the coins and allows passage once the toll was paid. Too many coins for the machine to handle at once, got as high as 2.50 in coins.

@AguadillaCGN Ай бұрын

when it is about week or day fare... just do it like in London, have daily / weekly / monthly gap, never pay more then the pass.... so u always use the same card

@NYC-High Ай бұрын

They really love wasting Money

@javierbarrucz7755 Ай бұрын

Fantastic news 📰 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 1:24

@maxpowr90 Ай бұрын

MBTA in Boston has the same contractor. Oh boy.

@shawnmccloskey4859 Ай бұрын

I've used OMNY for periodic subway rides without any issue for years.

@Jfar31 Ай бұрын

So does this mean we can add/link our omny card to the train time app for metronorth / LIRR ?

@gianni_schicchi Ай бұрын

Those apps are so incredibly bad I wouldn’t expect anything. When you have a pin number as numbers only, the developers can’t even be bothered to change the keyboard type from letters . When you initialise a text entry field, you literally can specify the type of keyboard you want. It’s not even a full line code. That’s how lazy they are.

@pretendamnesia Ай бұрын

I wont be riding the MTA then. I dont want another fucking App on my phone. No.

@joshuaedwards5822 Ай бұрын

Wow!!

@7_of_9 29 күн бұрын

MTA+Amtrak+NJ Transit MUST GET TOGETHER AND FIXED THEIR SHIT! MAKE IT ONE APP TO PAY FOR RIDES

@Flyerman777 Ай бұрын

They’ll get rid of it and move fares to $3 and say it’s a “convienence fee”

@najthesavior4286 Ай бұрын

The Septa is better

@paulastenavage1785 Ай бұрын

The senior fare Omni cards are supposed to come out next year . Now what?

@EricBoulton26 Ай бұрын

It has terrible adoption because, until recently, ONMY cards were only available in a handful of subway stations. I had to make a trip to Brooklyn just to get one on my commuter benefits, and yes, you can do it using a benefits card, but that's not valid at retail locations. The other issue is no compatibility with PATH.

@UnReal31337 Ай бұрын

Cubic also messed up the update for the Clipper card in the bay area, I hope all the jurisdictions working with them have termination for convenience clauses in their contracts.

@user-ln8hp4vt5z Ай бұрын

The MTA is so very Incompetent. How many years did this take. We should have Zero Tolerance for the MTA’’s Incompetence. How Pathetic. Pure Media Scum.

@manlouie8783 Ай бұрын

Drive and pay tolls, fares, and congestion pricing. Or take Uber and taxi. Maybe Walk. MTA is like any government institutions, can it be fixed?

@user-ln8hp4vt5z Ай бұрын

@@manlouie8783 Defund Career Politician’s and Government Agencies. Thank you for your reply 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸.

@kevinellis8947 Ай бұрын

I was just about to sign up for OMNY this year, in February, to be exact. I'm glad I held off.

@johnsamoilis6379 Ай бұрын

you dont sign up for OMNY. You purchase an OMNY card or use a contactless credit/debit card or a virtual credit/debit card on your smartphone or wearable device.

@HigkeyRegarded007 Ай бұрын

The shade 😂 “…Accolades the MTA usually doesn’t get…” GEE I WONDER WHY

@aboucard93 Ай бұрын

I use this OMNY everyday! Why are they doing this. I never have any issues.

@joecurry382 Ай бұрын

End the program

@yungcorleone2919 Ай бұрын

So what was the point of even presenting Omny if they didn’t take into consideration people who have discount fare?

@notimeforusernames8256 Ай бұрын

future? this type of system have already been use all over east asia for more than 20 years. and they can do elderly, student, disability program with no problem.

@Laquincenapodcast. Ай бұрын

The MTA should’ve known this wouldn’t work

@choochoo2348 Ай бұрын

Don’t mess with my weekly and monthly unlimited ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

@jmaxim917 Ай бұрын

What a colossal failure by the MTA. And here they are 5 years after roll out.

@AM93000 Ай бұрын

More money down to the toilet

@akiyl7479 Ай бұрын

If “Tell me you’re dunning away with OMNY but still not dunning away with OMNY” was a video…..

@pimpnamedslickback7780 Ай бұрын

Did anyone listen to the video? The mta is actually doing something smart and choosing another contractor that’s more competent

@randylotito8045 Ай бұрын

RIGHT HERE THEY NEED TO PUT N.Y.P.D. POLICE TRANSIT 🚇🚇 DISTRICT COPS 👮‍♀️ 👮‍♂️ 🚔 DOWNSTAIRS INSIDE NEAR THE SUBWAY TRAIN 🚇🚇 STATION PLATFORMS NOT AT THE TURNSTYLES WHERE YOU SCAN & $$$ PAY 2.90 CENTS / SOON TO BE 3.00 DOLLARS IN CASH 💸💸💸💰 WITH YOUR OMNY SCANNER CARD PASS.

@rockodroco Ай бұрын

NO ONE WANTED OMNY NO ONE ASKED FOR OMNY WE WERE ALL FINE WITH METROCARDS!!

@toneriggz Ай бұрын

The fact that there isn’t an app and that you can no longer track your rides says it all. MTA are a steaming pile of 💩 who can’t do anything right.

@nobleactual7693 Ай бұрын

There is. It's myMTA.

@toneriggz Ай бұрын

@@nobleactual7693 That’s not an OMNY app.

@DianaRodriguez-qi1xr Ай бұрын

This system steals money! You do not get your transfers! Good riddance

@jk484 Ай бұрын

Omny and the contactless system used by PATH are both built by Cubic on the same tech, yet are incompatible with each other. Ridiculous

@johnsamoilis6379 Ай бұрын

There is no PATH card made for use of the Cubic tech on PATH. SmartLink Cards which is a different tap tech and only available on PATH is being fazed out. A contactless debit/credit card works on all transit systems which accept them. I have used my contactless credit card on NJT Bus, NJT light rail, PATH, Subway, SEPTA, and the Tampa area bus system without any issues, without signing up for anything.

@BeyondDestiny Ай бұрын

Fuck OMNY. Why try to improve a system that has no flaws? The metrocard works perfectly. That's what happens when you have people in charge of the mta who has never once taken the train in their entire life.

@PINK_AURORA4444 Ай бұрын

When the IT draught slams the door you will understand

@BeyondDestiny Ай бұрын

@@PINK_AURORA4444 the what? it won't happen. if it does, it'll affect omny more than metrocards. either way, metrocards are superior...

@PINK_AURORA4444 Ай бұрын

@@BeyondDestinyThis has already happened to many

@YePaing-xv7dl Ай бұрын

TrainTime > OMNY - Best clap back 2024.

@mstiffany Ай бұрын

lol hold on!! So OMNY is gone already???

@mugenjin205 Ай бұрын

What a stupid change, they should have kept the metro cards

@randylotito8045 Ай бұрын

RIGHT HERE THEY NEED TO PUT N.Y.P.D. POLICE TRANSIT 🚇🚇 DISTRICT COPS 👮‍♀️ 👮‍♂️ 🚔 INSIDE THE SUBWAY TRAIN 🚇🚇 STATION CAB 🚇 CARS NOT AT THE TURNSTYLES WHERE YOU SCAN & $$$ PAY 2.90 CENTS / SOON TO BE 3.00 DOLLARS IN CASH 💸💸💸💰 WITH YOUR OMNY SCANNER CARD PASS.

@AndrewMilich Ай бұрын

Good. OMNY is good but the MTA can't afford to waste a cent. Remember it would cost "$7 billion" to add doors to platforms...

@kirkdogg007 Ай бұрын

Wait you paid for a system that doesn't work they way u want which says great research and then u do the unbelievable u hire the person who made a app and u chose them because they have a good rating. This is typical MTA. Wait for it and u want people 2 put their cards with these people. This will end badly.

@surendrapersaud__3089 Ай бұрын

Mta=money ticket agency

@guaranteeme7737 Ай бұрын

MTA = money thrown away (ATM backwards)

@duckmercy11 Ай бұрын

@@guaranteeme7737 Facts

@chelseahoney31 Ай бұрын

Blah blah blah but go down to 14th street to get a limited edition metro card. 🙄

@dderico78 Ай бұрын

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Metro card was great and always worked for everyone

@mrdeveraux5891 Ай бұрын

People still take public transportation? Poor bastards 😂

@diIbert 22 күн бұрын

But NYC will be stuck with OMNY 👌🏻

@hazelady5068 Ай бұрын

Good luck with omny and congestion pricing nyc business are going to go down the drain it's going to hurt very badly MTA is gonna get sued very badly when congestion pricing starts smh

@propblast82nd Ай бұрын

Another waste of taxpayer dollars

@orangecat5036 Ай бұрын

No one really cares for OMNY in the city Metro cards still rocks

@aliciagamble5959 Ай бұрын

OMNY IS A WASTE OF MONEY, DONT USE METRO CARDS, BUT IF I DO, WE PUT SOME COOL PICTURES OF CELEBRITIES ON YOUR CARD, DONT WORRY, WE PAID FOR THAT. (WITH YOUR MONEY)-