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The MTA is planning a four percent fare hike for public transit, raising the base fare to at least $3 by year's end, ...
The MTA has postponed a subway fare hike, focusing instead on transitioning to the OMNY system, with MetroCard sales to end ...
After MTA worker Marshalee Reid, 51, confronted the two fare evaders, they punched and slashed her with keys around 1:15 p.m.
During a news conference last week, Lieber made no promises to keep the 30-day option once the MetroCard disappears. But he said the board is considering using OMNY to give other discounts, perks or ...
A planned fare and toll hike that would have driven up the cost of a Long Island Rail Road ticket by 4% may be put off until ...
These New Yorkers are among the last of a vanishing breed who swear by the swipe or the dip of a MetroCard. With the MTA in a transition to full OMNY tap-and-go technology, transit officials said ...
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 ...
The MetroCard Derailed the Price of a Slice—at Least That’s One Theory The MTA voted against raising the base subway rate, but that may mean little when it comes to what’s in store for a ...
The MetroCard was introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the old subway tokens, which were discontinued in 2003. Lieber said in December that 67% of the subway’s daily 4.5 million riders were ...
The MetroCard made its debut in 1993, replacing the once-ubiquitous subway token. Credit... Michael Nagle for The New York Times. By Lola Fadulu. March 19, 2025.
A 41-year-old man was caught using a student MetroCard to enter a Queens subway station last week and cops found that he was packing two weapons and had an active arrest warrant, authorities said.
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.