MTA TAP & RIDE

Prepaid refillable stored-value smart card used as payment device containing programming used to electronically make public transit fare transactions, an electronic payment system for accepting payment for public bus and subway transportation services and allowing for entry, consisting of a near field communication (NFC) technology enabled device such as an encoded smart card, debit card, or credit card, or software used in connection with a smart phone, all used to pay the transit fare, which is recognized and read and automated transit system entry barriers in the nature of a turnstile of metal