Fares will also increase on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, as will tolls at several of the city’s ...

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 ...

In a private ceremony at the abandoned Old City Hall subway station​, Mamdani was sworn in by New York Attorney General ...

There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn. To anyone who ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on making buses in the Big Apple "fast and free," but the MTA oversees the bus ...

Something like a flimsy yellow credit card, the MetroCard has bound together nearly everyone in the city—real-estate moguls ...

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

As the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2026, New York City bid farewell to the MetroCard, a staple of the city's transit system for over three decades. This article explores the significance of ...

Plastic MetroCards that used to cost $1 are now being sold on eBay for thousands of dollars, after the card was discontinued.

Resisted at first, the replacement for the subway token became an indelible symbol of the city ...

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

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.