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Starting in January, MetroCards will no longer be sold, and unlimited passes will be retired, according to the agency.
MTA proposes a fare increase to $3 and a 7.5% toll hike, signaling a MetroCard phaseout for the OMNY system by 2026.
New York City subway and bus fares are expected to go up to $3 on Jan. 4, MTA officials announced during the agency’s monthly ...
The proposed 10-cent increase, the first since 2023, has been long in the works and would come after the mothballing of the MetroCard.
The MTA began testing the MetroCard system in 1993 and didn’t ultimately nix subway tokens until 2003. 12.8.97 ...
Although the MTA once eyed pulling the plug on the 20th-century fare technology by the end of this year, New York City Transit President Richard Davey said he doesn’t “see the MetroCard being ...
The replacement of MetroCards with the MTA’s futuristic OMNY system is being kicked down the road yet again, transit officials admitted Monday. System-wide implementation of OMNY — the … ...
The MTA has released a limited-edition “Law & Order: SVU” MetroCard featuring Mariska Hargitay, 60, in honor of the show’s 25th season.
After the MetroCard's 20th anniversary last week, the MTA envisions a city where straphangers tap and scan, not swipe, their way across the five boroughs.
The MetroCard has been a fixture in the city's transit system for 23 years. But like the token it replaced, MetroCards are now outdated, the victim of even more advanced technology.