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Posted by Union Tpke on Tue Apr 26 08:31:07 2016 THIS IS NOT MY WORK. THIS IS THE WORK OF EAST NEW YORK ON NYCTF:"Merger Updates Effective April 26, 2016. MTA has officially acellerated the sytematic merger. Originally, MTA made plans to have the new Bus Command Center and radio system in place before introduction of a unified farebox system for NYCT and MTAB. New plans call for introduction of mobile ticketing that we can use on our smartphones in June of next year when the summer pick begins. Plans call for tickets to be able to be purchased prior to boarding and New York City Bus or Subway. It is said to be very similar to and called (MTA) eTix thats is in it's pilot phase on select MTA Railroad lines. More details will be available in the coming months. The new "tap" contactless payment system will now be pushed forward from 2020, to June 2018. With this new system we will be able to use our phones, debit/credit cars with chips, or the new MTA SmartCard. Effective immediately, (MTA) New York City Bus will be the branding for all of surface transit in the future. Buses will no longer wear titles however, and will only feature the MTA logo. For legal purposes the official names the divisions will remain and fall under MTA Bus Operations, which will comprise of Department of Buses TA/OA, and Bus Company. BC will offcially become the new OA for all general purposes. Bus Company HQ will be relocated to East New York Depot All New York City Subway and Bus (NYCT/BusCo) personnel will receive new MTA SmartIDCards. This will now directly line up with the introduction of the new dispatch, command, and radio projects." |
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