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thebruns t1_jaap00w wrote

Reply to comment by Pinwurm in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2

> NYC did their rollout pretty quickly and efficiently… years ago.

No they didnt. The OMNY program is massively delayed.

>The MTA announced that the MTA's new "tap and go" ticket system, One Metro New York (OMNY) will not come to the Metro-North Railroad until 2025, delayed from the original projected 2021 completion.

https://patch.com/new-york/yorktown-somers/metro-north-not-expected-get-omny-pay-until-2025-mta

>Originally slated for 2021, the AirTrain's OMNY rollout will now happen "sometime in 2024," according to a recent tweet from the airport.

https://patch.com/new-york/queens/omnys-delayed-rollout-jfk-airtrain-must-be-sped-lawmakers-say

>An MTA spokesperson merely said there was “no update” on the agency’s plans for the back-door boarding pilot, which was unceremoniously axed in 2022. At the time, Lieber said he was trying to find “the right time” to start the pilot, which was announced in 2021 and then sat on the shelf for months.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/02/21/mtas-all-door-boarding-pilot-still-nixed-for-some-reason/

Please dont spread misinformation.

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thebruns t1_jaaokxv wrote

Reply to comment by Doctrina_Stabilitas in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2

> Also automated fare collection is a good thing in the long run, it allows for faster boarding and all door operation for street level surface routes

You know what actually allows faster boarding and all door operation for street level surface routes? Collecting fares via taxes instead of at the doors.

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philosai t1_jaaoies wrote

Reply to comment by Acocke in ‘A housing market for almost no one’: Rising prices and interest rates have made home buying feel impossible - The Boston Globe by uxd

The problem is that people with money will buy up all the houses. And the boomers that own a home will be leaving it to their children who will either hold it, rent it, or sell it for as much as possible. Not at the price point they want to sell it at? Hold or rent

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thebruns t1_jaaoftm wrote

Reply to comment by Texasian in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2

> The only thing I care about is multi-door boarding on Green Line and buses.

There was multi-door boarding on the Green Line when Charlie was introduced.

Some people started fare evasion hysteria and it ended.

There is zero guarantee the new system wont face the same result. NYC installed readers at every bus door to allow all-door boarding and then simply never launched it because of fare evasion hysteria

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222KFT t1_jaan84a wrote

Reply to I have no offramp, and I must scream by Cabadrin

I saw a Mercedez SUV and a white pickup nearly get into a road rage-infused accident near the HOV entrance northbound today at the braintree split, at like 540am. 93 is a state of mind

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