From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >[Oyster] have allowed Contactless payment using any bank card since late   
   >2012 -- first on buses, then extended to the Underground in 2014.   
      
   There are plenty of transit systems in the US with contactless payment   
   systems: at least Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Los Angeles,   
   San Francisco and Seattle.  PATH even has one, which they accept in   
   parallel with metrocards.   
      
   But Philadelphia is the first one that's also using regular   
   contactless credit and debit cards.  In the grand tradition of NIH, I   
   gather it's an all new design, not using anything from Oyster.   
      
   >What happened with the New York City Subway's pilot programme to use   
   >contactless, or payment keys, in 2006. AIUI, there was a programme at   
   >42nd Street - Grand Central and one other station, the latter of which I   
   >forgot.   
      
   Funny you should ask.  Just last week the MTA published an RFP for a   
   new fare payment system.  It'll allow contactless bank cards and   
   smartphones.   
      
   http://web.mta.info/nyct/procure/contracts/131308sol.pdf   
      
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