The MTA is planning a four percent fare hike for public transit, raising the base fare to at least $3 by year's end, ...

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 ...

They say the truth will set you free, unless it instead compels you to break the record for the longest possible New York City subway ride on just one MetroCard swipe. For FiveThirtyEight podcast ...

The MetroCard was introduced on January 6th, 1994, the start of a long goodbye for the subway token. But before all that, we had paper tickets and dime-dropping. A Brief History Of How New Yorkers ...

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 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 ...

Starting next year, the familiar MetroCard machines will be phased out for OMNY. But we won’t just be losing an old technology; the machine was designed to be a friendly, accessible tool that ...

The MTA has postponed a subway fare hike, focusing instead on transitioning to the OMNY system, with MetroCard sales to end ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...