{"id":19963,"date":"2020-06-04T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2581923"},"modified":"2020-06-04T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:55:00","slug":"nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"DSCF5611 (1)\" width=\"595\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last May, New York City&rsquo;s Metro Transit Authority opened the first contactless payment systems at select subway station turnstiles. The system-wide rollout was set to be completed at all subway stops and buses this October. Like so many things in this life, however, COVID-19 put a damper on those plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">OMNY &mdash; One Metro New York &mdash; has been delayed, and is now expected to be completed by December.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/contactless-payment-on-new-york-city-subway-is-delayed-by-coronavirus-11591137917\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, which first reported the news, notes the unfortunate timing of a delay on a technology that could help riders touch one fewer thing on the public transit petri dish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/05\/31\/nycs-contactless-subway-turnstiles-open-today-with-apple-google-samsung-and-fitbit-pay-support\/\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/05\/31\/nycs-contactless-subway-turnstiles-open-today-with-apple-google-samsung-and-fitbit-pay-support\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Until riders are able to use the technology round trip, they&rsquo;re less likely to adopt it. For now, it means swapping between a phone and a familiar Metro Card. Of course, many New Yorkers have been skipping the subway altogether for months now. The trains have largely been the realm of essential workers, and while the MTA is going out of its way to sanitize the cars each night, it&rsquo;s simply not worth the risk for those who are able to avoid them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The system supports a wide range of mobile payments available through both mobile devices and smartwatches, including Apple, Google, Samsung and Fitbit&rsquo;s offerings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/contactless-payment-on-new-york-city-subway-is-delayed-by-coronavirus-11591137917\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/contactless-payment-on-new-york-city-subway-is-delayed-by-coronavirus-11591137917<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Brian Heater<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Heater<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last May, New York City&rsquo;s Metro Transit Authority opened the first contactless payment systems at select subway station turnstiles. The system-wide rollout was set to be completed at all subway stops and buses this October. Like so many things in this life, however, COVID-19 put a damper on those plans. OMNY &mdash; One Metro New &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-3\/\">Continue reading <span>NYC&rsquo;s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last May, New York City&rsquo;s Metro Transit Authority opened the first contactless payment systems at select subway station turnstiles. The system-wide rollout was set to be completed at all subway stops and buses this October. Like so many things in this life, however, COVID-19 put a damper on those plans. OMNY &mdash; One Metro New &hellip; Continue reading NYC&rsquo;s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 Continue Reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-04T12:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bilal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bilal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/\",\"name\":\"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 - Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-04T12:55:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/70b05bacee6cf8a877350412fae25e20\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/\",\"name\":\"Business\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/70b05bacee6cf8a877350412fae25e20\",\"name\":\"Bilal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01d05f3f41cc0f9ca88d2011a983bb3f2e83e3e92e3532188bf201df38d2aea8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01d05f3f41cc0f9ca88d2011a983bb3f2e83e3e92e3532188bf201df38d2aea8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bilal\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/fc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/author\/bilal\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 - Business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 - Business","og_description":"Last May, New York City&rsquo;s Metro Transit Authority opened the first contactless payment systems at select subway station turnstiles. The system-wide rollout was set to be completed at all subway stops and buses this October. Like so many things in this life, however, COVID-19 put a damper on those plans. OMNY &mdash; One Metro New &hellip; Continue reading NYC&rsquo;s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 Continue Reading &rarr;","og_url":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/","og_site_name":"Business","article_published_time":"2020-06-04T12:55:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Bilal","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bilal","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/","url":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/","name":"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19 - Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1","datePublished":"2020-06-04T12:55:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/70b05bacee6cf8a877350412fae25e20"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DSCF5611-1.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/nycs-push-for-citywide-contactless-transit-payment-is-delayed-by-covid-19-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NYC\u2019s push for citywide contactless transit payment is delayed by COVID-19"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/","name":"Business","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/70b05bacee6cf8a877350412fae25e20","name":"Bilal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01d05f3f41cc0f9ca88d2011a983bb3f2e83e3e92e3532188bf201df38d2aea8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01d05f3f41cc0f9ca88d2011a983bb3f2e83e3e92e3532188bf201df38d2aea8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bilal"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/fc"],"url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/author\/bilal\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19964,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions\/19964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}