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Your First Look At The MTA's New Subway Turnstile Tap Card Readers In the Wild


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Paula Mejía

Published Apr 3, 2019

Modified Apr 3, 2019


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One of the new OMNY readers, spotted at the Broadway-Lafayette/Bleecker Street station.
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Paula Mejía

Published Apr 3, 2019

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