Something like a flimsy yellow credit card, the MetroCard has bound together nearly everyone in the city—real-estate moguls ...
There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn. To anyone who ...
Two Times journalists joined Miles Taylor, a YouTuber and transport enthusiast, on a daylong journey across New York City ...
On Wednesday, the MTA retired the MetroCard, ending the era of the iconic fare payment method that replaced tokens in 1994.
When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity ...
The base cost to ride the subway or bus went up 10 cents to $3 on Sunday morning, as part of a larger increase in MTA tolls ...
The MetroCard, New York City’s finicky transit fare payment system, died on Thursday after years on life support. It was 34.
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 ...
There are dozens of other listings within the same $100 price range popping up — and nostalgic transit riders are eagerly ...
The MetroCard is on its final journey, but it remains a part of New York. A pile of discards becomes more valuable as sales ...
New York City’s MetroCard — the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip — is being replaced with OMNY, ...
More than 30 years after New York City switched from tokens to the magnetic swipe of a MetroCard to ride its subways and ...