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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.
The proposed 10-cent increase, the first since 2023, has been long in the works and would come after the mothballing of the ...
MetroCards will be phased out in favor of OMNY by the end of 2025, the MTA said Wednesday. Christopher Sadowski “Goodbye, MetroCard. You served us well,” Lieber said at a Crain’s New York ...
The 30-day MetroCard would probably not be a good deal during such a period. If you're not using your MetroCard at least 1 or 2 times per week outside of your commute on average, then the 30-day ...
The tap-and-go payment method is replacing the MetroCard. Straphangers cite some glitches, and a watchdog says the design ...
He’s hoping to get his MetroCard collection back on track. A broken-hearted Canadian MetroCard collector — yes people actually collect them — is reaching out to Big Apple residents for help ...
National News Selling MetroCard Swipes Remains Illegal, and a Way of Life NEW YORK — All day long, stolen supply meets demand at the 125th Street subway station in East Harlem.
The original MetroCard discount, 15 percent, was chopped less than two years ago down to the current 7 percent and now the MTA's latest plan will only make New York even more expensive.
The MTA plans to supersede the MetroCard with a new form of "fare payment technology" starting in 2019. " [The MetroCard] was revolutionary for it's time," MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan told us.