The humble MetroCard may have outlasted its useful life, but in its day it was revolutionary, says Jodi Shapiro, curator at ...

For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with ...

The MetroCard, New York City’s finicky transit fare payment system, died on Thursday after years on life support. It was 34.

For over three decades, the high-pitched zip of a plastic card hitting a turnstile served as the unofficial heartbeat of the ...

New York City’s MetroCard — the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip — is being replaced with OMNY, ...

The future is OMNY, the contactless fare system for the MTA. That means you have to use Apple Pay on your smartphone or Apple ...

Do we really need all that stuff? Shouldn’t they be fixing the subway stations? They keep spending money on stuff we don’t ...

The MTA says that although MetroCards will no longer be available to buy or refill after December 31, they will still be accepted until a yet-to-be-announced date in 2026 (but no money can be added to ...

MetroCards will still be accepted into 2026, with an exact end date to be announced at some point next year, officials said.

Nail technicians, phone repairers and artists are among those who say they use the iconic cards as work tools.

The golden-yellow tickets reshaped how New Yorkers accessed the subway and became civic icons in the process.

Starting Sunday, the base fare for NYC subways, local buses and Access-A-Ride will increase by 10 cents, from $2.90 to $3.