On 17.04.16 15:31, John Levine wrote:   
   >> [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.   
      
   Yes, I know. I know about the Charlie card on the Boston T, for example.   
      
   > But Philadelphia is the first one that's also using regular   
   > contactless credit and debit cards.   
      
   That's what I was referring to.   
      
      
   >> 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   
   >   
      
   About time. That system with the magnetic strips is well outdated. I   
   never understood why they weren't among the first to introduce something   
   like on Oytser or Octopus.   
      
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