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

An exhibition reminisces about the yellow icon’s 32-year reign as the MTA retires the payment method for good.

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 MetroCard — a blue-and-yellow pass that for more than three decades let riders into New York’s vast subway network with a ...

The MetroCard, New York City’s finicky transit fare payment system, died on Thursday after years on life support. It was 34.

When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, it infused modernity into one of the world’s oldest and ...

New York City’s MetroCard — the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip — is being replaced with OMNY, ...

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than ...

The MetroCard, a fixture of New York City transit for more than three decades, is nearing the end of its run. The ...

New York City officially retires the MetroCard as the MTA fully transitions to the OMNY tap-and-go system. New Yorkers are so ...

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.

After more than 30 years as the form of payment for New York City’s mass transit system, the MetroCard will always be ...