For artist Thomas McKean, the New York City MetroCard was anything but mundane. He used cut-up bits of the cards to create ...
The New York City Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn gives the MetroCard a proper goodbye with an exhibit. The New York ...
More than 30 years after New York City switched from tokens to the magnetic swipe of a MetroCard to ride its subways and ...
New Yorkers held a “farewell service” for the New York City Transit MetroCard on Tuesday, December 30, ahead of it being ...
When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity ...
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 ...
An OMNY card isn’t necessary to ride the New York City subway if you have a credit or debit card with a chip, or a digital ...
The MetroCard, New York City’s finicky transit fare payment system, died on Thursday after years on life support. It was 34.
More than 90% of subway and bus riders are using OMNY, which stands for “One Metro New York.” Options include a reloadable ...
New York City officially retires the MetroCard as the MTA fully transitions to the OMNY tap-and-go system. New Yorkers are so ...
Resisted at first, the replacement for the subway token became an indelible symbol of the city ...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office on Jan. 1, 2026, on a campaign platform of creating an affordable city that ...