--- title: Mobile Ticketing to Dramatically Improve the Travel Experience for Millions of New Yorkers description: Mobile Ticketing Set to Dramatically Improve the Travel Experience for Millions of New Yorkers image: https://blog.masabi.com/hubfs/Screen_Shot_2016-01-12_at_21.59.47.png --- [![](https://blog.masabi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/masabi%20186.png?width=150&name=masabi%20186.png "masabi 186.png")](http://www.masabi.com/) 12-Jan-2016 13:35:07 by [James Gooch](https://blog.masabi.com/blog/author/james-gooch) # Mobile Ticketing to Dramatically Improve the Travel Experience for Millions of New Yorkers - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) During a news conference at the Brooklyn Transit Museum on Friday the 8th of January 2016, New York’s Governor Cuomo, along with MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast, gave details regarding the recently announced [transportation-focused agenda](https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/8th-proposal-governor-cuomo-s-2016-agenda-bring-mta-21st-century-dramatically-improve-travel) to upgrade New York’s transit infrastructure. Part of the announcement was that the MTA will begin offering mobile ticketing on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad this year, giving railroad passengers the ability to buy tickets on their smartphones. “***The future is mass transportation***”said New York’s Governor Cuomo. ![Screen_Shot_2016-01-12_at_21.59.47.png](https://blog.masabi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen_Shot_2016-01-12_at_21.59.47.png?width=739&height=471&name=Screen_Shot_2016-01-12_at_21.59.47.png "Screen_Shot_2016-01-12_at_21.59.47.png") These changes will revolutionize the travel experience for New Yorkers and allow passengers to travel on the railroad without needing to carry cash or wait in line to buy their ticket. The system will also allow riders to manage the value in their accounts online instead of on physical tickets that can be lost or damaged. At Masabi we are working closely with New York’s MTA LIRR and MNR to bring the [JustRide Mobile Ticketing Platform](http://www.masabi.com/justride/) to railroad passengers and help improve the transit experience. The JustRide platform is a deployment proven, end-to-end, mobile ticketing and fare collection system that helps transport providers [move towards full account based ticketing](https://blog.masabi.com/blog/the-road-to-account-based-ticketing), allowing passengers to use what they have in their pocket to travel. JustRide also provides significant benefits in terms of insight into operations for transport providers, through the JustRide Hub. This includes functionality for customer service, fare updates and real time data and analytics. This information can then be used to help improve services for passengers. To learn more about mobile ticketing and the JustRide platform please [get in contact](https://info.masabi.com/getincontact) with us or [request a demo](https://info.masabi.com/justride-demo-request).  *New York's NICE bus was the first bus only mobile ticketing deployment is the USA. To find out more about mobile ticketing download the **[New York NICE Bus Case Study](https://info.masabi.com/nice-bus-mobile-ticketing-case-study):*** [![NICEDownload.png](https://blog.masabi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NICEDownload.png?width=739&height=403&name=NICEDownload.png "NICEDownload.png")](https://info.masabi.com/nice-bus-mobile-ticketing-case-study) ### Written by [James Gooch](https://blog.masabi.com/blog/author/james-gooch) ![](https://blog.masabi.com/hubfs/james%20gooch.png) Head of Marketing at Masabi. Find me on: [LinkedIn](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/james-gooch-3b9949b) [ ### San Joaquin Regional Transit District Launches Open Payments with Masabi, Delivering “A Faster, Easy Way to Pay” Across Stockton and the Central Valley Jul 2, 2026 ](https://blog.masabi.com/blog/san-joaquin-regional-transit-district-launches-open-payments-with-masabi-delivering-a-faster-easy-way-to-pay-across-stockton-and-the-central-valley) [ ### How SaaS Fare Collection Keeps Getting Faster at Scale Jun 30, 2026 ](https://blog.masabi.com/blog/how-saas-fare-collection-keeps-getting-faster-at-scale) [ ### Tap, Ride, Repeat: How Masabi Is Scaling Open Payments Across North America Jun 30, 2026 ](https://blog.masabi.com/blog/tap-ride-repeat-how-masabi-is-scaling-open-payments-across-north-america) ### Menu [Fare Payments as a Service](http://www.masabi.com/fare-payments-as-a-service/) [Justride Platform](http://www.masabi.com/justride-mobile-ticketing/) [Account Based Ticketing ](http://www.masabi.com/account-based-ticketing/) [Mobility as a Service](http://www.masabi.com/mobility-as-a-service/) [Mobile Ticketing ](http://www.masabi.com/mobile-ticketing/) [Contactless EMV](http://www.masabi.com/contactless-emv-ticketing/) [Blog](https://blog.masabi.com/blog) [Content ](http://www.masabi.com/resources/) [Careers ](http://www.masabi.com/we-are-hiring/) [Contact Us ](https://www.masabi.com/about/) [Request a Demo ](https://info.masabi.com/justridedemo) ### About Justride Masabi’s Justride is the leading Fare Payments platform for public transport. Transit agencies and operators can sign up to mobile ticketing services, enable Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and deploy an account-based system allowing passengers to simply tap a contactless bank card, mobile device and smartcard to travel, without needing to buy a ticket or understand fares. With over seventy agencies of all sizes across ten countries signed up, Justride is leading the movement away from bespoke and expensive ticket systems to Fare Payments as a Service. ### About Masabi At Masabi we believe a new Fare Payments system allowing passengers to just tap and ride, without needing to buy a ticket or understand fares, should be available to every passenger and every transit agency around the globe, without prohibitive costs or taking years to deliver. 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