MetroCard sales ending this year, MTA says. Here's when they will be phased out.
The MTA started installing OMNY, a contactless fare payment system, back in 2019, and the agency has been in the process of ...
The MetroCard Goes the Way of the Token as M.T.A. Announces End of Sales
The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least ...
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MTA plans MetroCard retirement
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to stop issuing and refilling its ubiquitous orange and blue MetroCards at ...
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MTA Bids Adieu to The MetroCard
OMNY, the MTA’s tap-and-go payment system, will fully replace the three-decade old swipe system. MetroCards will still be ...
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Thursday’s Headlines: Bye Bye, MetroCard Edition
There are no monthly or weekly OMNY fares — instead riders who take 12 trips in a single week get the rest of their rides for free, a system that avoids the $40 million of unused MetroCard fares ...
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No More Swipes: New York City Ending MetroCard Sales
After 32 years, it’s time to say goodbye to the MetroCard and go all in on the fare payment system of the future,” said MTA ...
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Transit Briefs: NYMTA, San Diego MTS/NCTD, Sound Transit, Coastal Link
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is sunsetting MetroCard sales and distribution after 32 years. Also, ...
First the token, now the swipe: NYC's subway system to stop selling MetroCards
The Metropolitan Transit Authority will stop selling and refilling those formerly-ubiquitous MetroCards by the end of the ...