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 ...
Thirty years ago, the newfangled method of paying for New York City’s buses and subways seemed like cutting-edge technology.
New York City officially retires the MetroCard as the MTA fully transitions to the OMNY tap-and-go system. New Yorkers are so ...
The MetroCard, New York City’s finicky transit fare payment system, died on Thursday after years on life support. It was 34.
New York City’s MetroCard — the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip — is being replaced with OMNY, ...
The MetroCard, an iconic piece of plastic utilized by countless New Yorkers to access the city’s mass transit system for just ...
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 ...
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.