Paying Your Fare at the MetroCard Machine Just tap your card or smart device on the OMNY reader. On available buses with OMNY readers on board, you can skip the sidewalk kiosks and board through any door using a contactless card or digital wallet. When the bus comes, riders can enter or exit through any of the bus's doors, holding on to their receipt which may be requested at random as proof of payment by MTA inspectors (riders without a receipt will be subject to a $100 fare evasion summons). Using Off-board Fare Payment Machinesīefore boarding the bus, riders must pay their fares on the sidewalk at a Select Bus Service station stop using a MetroCard or coin machine, where they will receive a receipt as proof of payment. Select Bus Service is faster and more reliable than local and limited-stop busses in part because of off-board fare payment on most routes. The base cost of riding a Select Bus Service bus is $2.75, the same as riding the subway or the local or limited-stop bus. Get more information on bus routes and schedules. Public buses in New York City are operated by New York City Transit, a division of the MTA.

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