NYC Commuter Prepaid Mastercard
This convenient reloadable prepaid card can be used to pay for transit and parking fees. You will receive one card, which is funded monthly with a specified amount. The NYC Commuter Prepaid Mastercard is accepted at transit agencies, fare vending machines, designated transit retail centers where transit products are sold, and at qualified parking facilities in the New York tri-state area. Use your NYC Commuter Prepaid Mastercard the same way you would use a debit card. With the NYC Commuter Prepaid Mastercard Unrestricted plan, you will pay an administrative fee of $1.25 per month through payroll deductions. The City of New York will pay an administrative fee of $0.25 cents for the Unrestricted plan and $1.50 for the No Admin Fee Plan that will be added to your taxable earnings as a fringe benefit.
Transit Pass Plan
This plan allows you to arrange for home delivery of your transit provider passes and tickets through the City of New York’s contractor, Edenred
Benefits. You can select from their extensive catalog of transit providers and transit passes covering the New York tri-state area. Click
here to see a list of the providers available in the Transit Pass Plan.
In this plan, you fund an account with Edenred with your pre-tax and post-tax payroll deductions and you can select a pass on the
Edenred’s website using the funds in your account. Edenred will deliver your pass or ticket to your designated mailing address by the
1st day of each calendar month, except for Metro-North Rail Road and Long Island Rail Road tickets.
Edenred allows you to securely supplement purchases on their website with your personal credit card to ensure you always have
enough funds for your election. You can purchase multiple items such as train tickets. With the Transit Pass plan, you
will pay an administrative fee of $2.05 per month through payroll deductions.
Access-A-Ride/Paratransit Plan
This plan allows you to participate in the MTA’s Access-A-Ride program or other paratransit provider programs. In this plan, you fund
an account with Edenred with your pre-tax and post-tax payroll deductions and you can select your Access-A-Ride coupons or other paratransit options on the Edenred’s website using the funds in your account. Edenred will deliver your Access-A-Ride coupons or tickets to your designated mailing address by the 1st day of each calendar month. The City of New York will pay the administrative fee of $2.05 per month for eligible participants in this plan. Go to the Access-A-Ride page for more details about the Access-A-Ride/Paratransit Plan.
Park-n-Ride Plan
This plan allows you to use your pre-tax and post-tax payroll deductions to pay for parking at or near a public transportation stop or
station that you use to get to work. Only transit-related parking is eligible. You must be jointly enrolled in one of the above transit options
in order to enroll in this option. You will pay an Administrative Fee of $2.05 per month for Park-n-Ride through payroll deductions.
Go to the Park-n-Ride page for more details about the Park-n-Ride plan.