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Old 10-07-2017, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Northeast states
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It current testing at two stations and it going be at 14 addition stations by end of year. MTA want it transit wide by Summer 2018. They will have to figure out how riders will use new system for people without smart phones.


"The agency has installed barcode readers at two lower Manhattan stations, allowing some riders to enter the station using prepaid trips ID’d by a barcode on their smartphones"

"Right now, the barcode readers are installed at the Bowling Green and Wall Street stops near the MTA headquarters on Stone Street, which makes sense considering that the pilot program is only open to MTA employees at this time."




It similar to other world class cities like London, Tokyo, Hong Kong




https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/6/1643...icketing-pilot

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Old 10-07-2017, 10:56 PM
 
Location: Parkchester.
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This is AWESOME.

Now I can get stuck behind someone on the way to work with a generation 1 iPhone who can’t get the app to open making me miss my train! Sweet!

I guess I’ll be sleeping in the office on those nights when my iPhone battery dies. But hey, TECHNOLOGY!!!!
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Old 10-07-2017, 11:58 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Why the hell are they doing barcode instead of NFC. This is the dumbest half step possible.
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Old 10-08-2017, 12:21 AM
 
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I've already used the e tickets to buy tickets for the LIRR. So awesome idea! I love the e tickets.
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Old 10-08-2017, 12:48 AM
 
Location: In the heights
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I've already used the e tickets to buy tickets for the LIRR. So awesome idea! I love the e tickets.
I think the etickets (and barcode scanning) is an improvement over current systems, but if MTA is trying to rollout a system-wide coherent system, then this is a stupid half-step. NFC exists and is prevalent throughout many developed countries, and if they're going to take this goddamn long to implement anything at all, then they should build it for something that has a future to stand on.
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Old 10-08-2017, 12:58 AM
 
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I guess I’ll be sleeping in the office on those nights when my iPhone battery dies. But hey, TECHNOLOGY!!!!
Or when you try using it and someone steals your phone and runs away and your left standing there not being able to then get through
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Old 10-08-2017, 01:03 AM
 
Location: Earth
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I like the system used by the PATH.
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Old 10-08-2017, 01:35 AM
 
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Or when you try using it and someone steals your phone and runs away and your left standing there not being able to then get through
So you make sure you hold on to your phone.

The bottom line is metrocard is going to be abolished because the railroad industry no longer supports that technology.
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Old 10-08-2017, 01:36 AM
 
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I think the etickets (and barcode scanning) is an improvement over current systems, but if MTA is trying to rollout a system-wide coherent system, then this is a stupid half-step. NFC exists and is prevalent throughout many developed countries, and if they're going to take this goddamn long to implement anything at all, then they should build it for something that has a future to stand on.
So are you writing this has a letter to both Cuomo and Lhota? People can run their mouths, but when it's time to take action people are silent . I'm not saying this is you and maybe you are politically active. But if you have better ideas, put them out in public more broadly than this anonymous forum.
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Old 10-08-2017, 01:56 AM
 
Location: In the heights
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So are you writing this has a letter to both Cuomo and Lhota? People can run their mouths, but when it's time to take action people are silent . I'm not saying this is you and maybe you are politically active. But if you have better ideas, put them out in public more broadly than this anonymous forum.
Don't be an idiot. This is like implementing magnetic stripes in the 2010s. Of course I'm communicating with planning associations for NYC. This is an awful half-step.

The silver lining of being behind in technological solutions has always been that there's a leapfrog technology that is better overall (including their ubiquity). That leapfrog effect isn't used when you belatedly go with outdated technology that isn't easily extensible.

This is a halfway entry point even as it is an improvement. It's like giving people a Sega 32X when other systems have moved on to a Playstation.
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