The MTA is testing technology that one day will replace the MetroCard.
This scanners, which will allow passengers to use their smartphonesto get through the turnstile. Now they are installed in two subway stations in Manhattan, but soon, the company said, will appear in 14 stations.
While this is a test version to replace the MetroCard, which will gradually lift until 2022, and can use it, only employees of the MTA. They use the mobile app eTix.
«This is part of our efforts to create a transportation system appropriate for the 21st century. We will continue to use innovation to improve the quality of customer service,» — said the representative of the MTA Shams Tarek.
While the scanners installed at the Bowling Green station (line No. 4 and 5) and on Wall St. Station (lines No. 2 and 3). If the experiment will justify itself, the scanners for all passengers to appear on 14 stations, including Times Square, Penn Station and Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn.
If the scanner lights up green, it means that the payment is accepted, red – rejected yellow – you need to use a smartphone again.
«It’s a step in the right direction. I think it would be faster,» said Daily News Dorian Aubry from Queens.
