The MTA announced the launch of OMNY, its new contactless fare payment system, allowing riders to pay their fares with digital wallets and contactless credit and debit cards.  The public pilot was kicked off at a public event on Friday afternoon, May 31, at the Bowling Green station in Lower Manhattan. 
<p>MTA Chairman Pat Foye and MTA NYC Transit President Andy Byford marked the beginning of the gradual rollout of OMNY by joining several students from Transit Tech High School as well as leaders from Cubic Transportation Systems, which is helping build OMNY, for a demonstration of the new system on the lower mezzanine of the Bowling Green Station. 
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