Comments on: MTA to bring smart cards to buses http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Requiem for a MetroCard « Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/#comment-597 Requiem for a MetroCard « Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:39:06 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/#comment-597 [...] Olshan in today’s New York Post elaborates on future technological developments I’ve tackled in the past: The MTA is gearing up to extend its touch-pay system to buses and will start a one-year study to [...] [...] Olshan in today’s New York Post elaborates on future technological developments I’ve tackled in the past: The MTA is gearing up to extend its touch-pay system to buses and will start a one-year study to [...]

]]> By: Ray http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/#comment-599 Ray Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:03:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/#comment-599 I dont really know what you mean by the WMATA never bothered with metrocard technology. Because thats just not true they have almost teh exact same cards as NYC metro card. Later on they decided to add Smartrip cards to the system. They are amazing by the way. The only problem is that they dont allow you to put monthly passes on your Smartrip you just have to have a plain old metro card for that. LA has also incorporated a touch system. Its by the same company that brough the WMATA Smartrip and its called TAP. They now have it on all of there busses, subways, light rail systems and it will soon be on there commuter rail systems. Lets see Washington, Chicago, Boston, LA all have touch cards. Hmm why is NYC lagging. I dont really know what you mean by the WMATA never bothered with metrocard technology. Because thats just not true they have almost teh exact same cards as NYC metro card. Later on they decided to add Smartrip cards to the system. They are amazing by the way. The only problem is that they dont allow you to put monthly passes on your Smartrip you just have to have a plain old metro card for that.

LA has also incorporated a touch system. Its by the same company that brough the WMATA Smartrip and its called TAP. They now have it on all of there busses, subways, light rail systems and it will soon be on there commuter rail systems.

Lets see Washington, Chicago, Boston, LA all have touch cards. Hmm why is NYC lagging.

]]> By: Victoria http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/#comment-598 Victoria Thu, 24 May 2007 15:36:01 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/05/24/mta-to-bring-smart-cards-to-buses/#comment-598 Boston went straight to that technology too. Boston went straight to that technology too.

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