First the token, now the swipe: NYC's subway system to stop selling MetroCards
The Metropolitan Transit Authority will stop selling and refilling those formerly-ubiquitous MetroCards by the end of the year in favor of the OMNY system, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber told Crain’s ...
The New York Times18d
The MetroCard Goes the Way of the Token as M.T.A. Announces End of Sales
In 1993, the shift from tokens to the MetroCard represented ... brightly colored map of New York’s subway system that takes its cues from a 1970s throwback and was cheered by design nerds.
Untapped New York10d
NYC Says Goodbye the MetroCard
Last week, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber announced the end of the MetroCard. The agency has long suggested it will phase out ...
NBC New York17d
MTA to stop selling MetroCards by the end of the year
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber told Crain's New York Business Wednesday. MetroCards have been around since 1994, but now seem destined to go the way of the subway token, which stopped being used ...
New York Post17d
MTA announces that iconic MetroCards will be replaced by OMNY by end of ‘25: ‘You served us well’
Ana Gioia/NY POST DESIGN MetroCards have reigned supreme in the Big Apple since its introduction in 1993. The OMNY of its time, the originally blue cards replaced subway tokens, which were only ...
ABC7 New York on MSN3d
MTA unveils first new subway map for New York City in 45 years
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA unveiled the first new subway map for New York City in more than 45 years on Wednesday morning.
Asian Journal11d
New York City to Retire MetroCard After 32 Years, Ushering in Tap-and-Go Era
OMNY card readers installed at a New York City subway station. The contactless system is set to fully replace the MetroCard ...
Trains on MSN3d
New map introduced for New York City subways
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has unveiled a redesigned version of its subway map, an instantly recognizable ...