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 ...

The humble MetroCard may have outlasted its useful life, but in its day it was revolutionary, says Jodi Shapiro, curator at ...

Dec. 31 will be the last day that anyone can buy or refill a MetroCard in New York City as transit authorities are working to ...

For artist Thomas McKean, the New York City MetroCard was anything but mundane. He used cut-up bits of the cards to create hundreds of sculptures and collages, and still has a stockpile to work with.

New York City’s iconic yellow transit payment, the MetroCard, makes its final swipes at the end of 2025. The last day for riders to purchase or refill their card will be on the last day of December.

“With MetroCards no longer being sold after Dec. 31st, 2025, thousands of older New Yorkers must now navigate a system they did not choose and have not been guided through.” (Marc A. Hermann / MTA New ...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has launched a new reloadable TAPP card for PATH riders. TAPP use has grown dramatically as its been integrated into the system. Nearly 70% of weekday ...

New York's familiar yellow-and-blue MetroCard is about to join the subway token in the city's transit graveyard. The ...

With its goofy block lettering and bright colors, the MetroCard feels like a relic, which it sort of is—an early 1990s design, complete with gradients and drop shadows, that’s managed to stick around ...

Oh, what could have been. A shy and tech-savvy anteater was just a subway stop away from being the face of the MTA and its brand-new MetroCard in the ’90s, but was put to death before he was ever ...