I live in Chicago, and we have a plastic tap card that we use on the CTA. This is quite convenient to use. Is the EZ pass in NYC a plastic tap card, or a glorified metrocard that would get lost in my wallet.
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AFAIK EZPass has nothing to do with paying train or bus fares. It is a uniform transponder based toll collection tag that works in all of the Northeast. The tag is attached to the windshield of the car, and is not something that would fit in ones pocket, and it has its own battery to power the radio that responds to the toll collection receiver, and it can be sensed many tens of feet away and hence not suitable for fare collection at fare gates. The account behind it can be tied to a credit card for automatic recharge etc.I live in Chicago, and we have a plastic tap card that we use on the CTA. This is quite convenient to use. Is the EZ pass in NYC a plastic tap card, or a glorified metrocard that would get lost in my wallet.
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There is a subway in New York that uses a tap card fare collection system - PATH.So why is it that every major city and some not so major city, including such places as Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, Paris, Beijing, Delhi etc. etc. and even places in the US like Seattle, Atlanta, Boston etc. have figured out how to get a tap card to work with a single tap and it is New York that can't yet figure it out?
Yes, and that is why I can't figure out what keeps all of New York area systems from using the one system that is known to work already.There is a subway in New York that uses a tap card fare collection system - PATH.So why is it that every major city and some not so major city, including such places as Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, Paris, Beijing, Delhi etc. etc. and even places in the US like Seattle, Atlanta, Boston etc. have figured out how to get a tap card to work with a single tap and it is New York that can't yet figure it out?
DC already has one, unless you mean have one system that also works on MARC and SEPTA (why SEPTA would need to be linked to this, I have no idea).NJT is working on a Tap card for the Buses and maybe LRT down the road , the PATCO and PATH both have tap systems and still paper tickets.... I think one day NJT ,PATH and PATCO will all have one system. Septa , MARC and DC are working on a Tap card system should be up by the end of the decade.
So what does NJT have to work on, Why can;t they simply adopt the already working PATH tap card? And as fara as the predominant ridership of NJT is concerned, I don't think they give a rats ass about what SEPTA or PATCO is using anyway.NJT is working on a Tap card for the Buses and maybe LRT down the road , the PATCO and PATH both have tap systems and still paper tickets.... I think one day NJT ,PATH and PATCO will all have one system. Septa , MARC and DC are working on a Tap card system should be up by the end of the decade.
And also they do expire, though you can transfer the value from an expired card to a new one I believe. As I have mentioned before, New York has one of the most 20th Century fare collection systems of the world. It's commuter trains are trying to move from the 19th to the 20th century as far as fare collection goes.Ok, so i have the answer. It is the same metro card as before. I think for my case it is best to buy a metrocard and use it for each visit. Trying to keep one card would not work because it could be easily damaged.
Instead of just going the easy with the smart cards there going the weird way with tap your phones... Seeing how a decent amount of Northern NJT bus and LRT riders use the PATH it be wise to develop one smart card for both systems. The PATH realizes the importance of integrated systems , so i would assume once NJT gets its act together the PATH will try to create one fare card , same with the PATCO.So what does NJT have to work on, Why can;t they simply adopt the already working PATH tap card? And as fara as the predominant ridership of NJT is concerned, I don't think they give a rats ass about what SEPTA or PATCO is using anyway.NJT is working on a Tap card for the Buses and maybe LRT down the road , the PATCO and PATH both have tap systems and still paper tickets.... I think one day NJT ,PATH and PATCO will all have one system. Septa , MARC and DC are working on a Tap card system should be up by the end of the decade.
Besides NJT recently said they are working on a Smartphone based payment system, which translated from NJT speak probably means that they don't have a clue except that nothing will get done in the next several years, so time to spin out a sexy press releases I would imagine.
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