Technology
Time To Play Guess The Wi-Fi Car!
Riders of the Metro-North’s New Haven line get ready to participate in the latest game show phenomenon, “Guess The Wi-Fi”. In this game, riders will pay their fares & hope behind that magical ticket & subsequent seat is wi-fi access on your commute! According to a brief report in Sunday’s New York Post, the MTA […]
MTA Officially Starts Help Point Pilot
Last September, the MTA introduced a piece of equipment aimed at helping subway riders. The piece of equipment was a prototype for the “Help Point” communication system. The agency started a pilot program for the “Help Point” which was to be installed at 23rd Street & Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall on the Lexington Ave lines. Fast […]
MTA Ready To Build Contactless Fare Pay System
The MTA knows all about being behind in terms of technology. One of those ways happens to be with the lack of a contactless fare payment system being in place as seen in other cities. Last June, the agency teamed with New Jersey Transit, PATH, & Mastercard on a 6 month Smart Card pilot program […]
B63 Gets Real Time Bus Location Information
The other day I was browsing news sites & saw a story about real time bus information coming to the B63. I was surprised the MTA did not send out any sort of press release about it. However that did not last long as a few hours later they did. Here is more information on […]
Countdown Clocks Have Reached 100 Stations
A subway countdown clock at the South Ferry station on the 1, which is 1 of the 100 IRT stations that have them installed. Photo courtesy of the MTA. Earlier today, MTA New York City Transit officially announced how real time subway countdown clocks have reached 100 station installations. The 100 stations are all along […]
