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The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is testing a pilot program that could eventually allow commuters to ditch paper tickets and pay their fares with the tap of a smartphone instead.

LIRR President Helena Williams says MTA employees are testing Nokia phones embedded with a special communication chip at 22 stations, including Port Washington. Right now, the program only records where a commuter's trip starts and ends. Eventually, LIRR commuters will get to try the technology and use it to pay for fares, Williams says, and it should make paying for train rides faster and more convenient.LIRR officials say the ?tap points? won't eliminate the need for fare collectors, who will still have to walk along the trains checking phones for payments.

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is testing a pilot program that could eventually allow commuters to ditch paper tickets and pay their fares with the tap of a smartphone instead.  LIRR President Helena

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I'm meteorologist Rich Hoffman through hyperlocal weather forecast. The rest of today. A little breaks of sunshine. We have a couple of spotty rain or snow showers moving on through. We've had a few flakes flying out over the east end. Now, through the rest of today, still that chance of a rain or snow shower. Now, in Huntington through this evening it's cold. We top out to a high of 41. By the time we're coming home from work around five o'clock, 39 degrees, we're in the thirties, skies will clear overnight and tomorrow morning, cold temperatures around 25 to 30 degrees. So out the door today this afternoon, 41 degrees, it's cold that rain and snow shower, wind chills have been in the twenties and thirties. So if you're outside the gloves, the hat, the warm boots and also the scarf and keep yourself warm. The rest of today, take a look. Now, tomorrow. So it's cold today. Tomorrow, the chance of a rain or snow shower in the afternoon hours of Thursday, a high of only 40 to start off hot for Thursday night, slight chance of a rain or snow shower early and then overnight hours of Thursday into Friday, skies will start to clear and weather will be improving on your Friday. How about a temperature near 50 degrees? So, changes coming our way towards the weekend, Saturdays dry Sunday. We're watching the storm. It will have strong winds and the timing of the rain looks to be during the afternoon and evening hours of Sunday. If it gets delayed a little bit more, it's more towards Sunday night. So the threat of some brief heavy rain, Sunday night into early Monday morning and some strong winds, we could have winds on Sunday night, 40 to 50 MPH. Recapping today. Temperatures, low forties that rain in passing snow shower tonight, turning colder lows 25 to 30. It's a cold start to your Thursday morning. Saturday looks good at 54. Then that rain and wind Sunday night into Monday morning.

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