MTA's Budget Woes Continue Despite Plethora of Options and Openness to Free Bus Service.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's new fare system, OMNY, will not be fully implemented until 2025, according to documents, and will cost the agency an additional $34 million. The delays have forced the MTA to extend the contract for the ticketing system currently used on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North until 2026. The heavily touted tap-and-pay system was supposed to unite the city's subways, buses, and commuter railroads by allowing straphangers to use the same card or device to purchase tickets on every system. The delays have left the project at least $120 million in the red and the ticketing system even more balkanized than before.
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- MTA Chair Janno Lieber says he's open to free bus service CBS New York
- New York City, New York state officials grapple with MTA budget woes WABC-TV
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