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Op-ed | Many positives for MTA in an era of uncertainty

The Villager 05 Apr 2025
I can keep going with the good news – we have a new, easier-to-read subway map; MetroCard sales will end before the new year, clearing the way for new discounts made possible by contactless fare ...
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The MTA unveiled a redesigned subway map for the first time in 50 years. Here’s ...

The Villager 02 Apr 2025
The subway map, as New York knows it, is now a thing of the past ... “So we’re all excited about this new map.” ... ADA stations are more prominently displayed in the new design ... the MetroCard. After a 32-year run, sales for the MetroCard will end on Dec ... ....
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MTA hosts Transit Talk in Flushing to urge MetroCard users to switch to OMNY

QNS 01 Apr 2025
... OMNY, as the agency prepares to permanently retire MetroCards by Dec.
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Mayor launches Care Leavers MetroCard (Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council)

Public Technologies 27 Mar 2025
Mayor launches Care Leavers MetroCard ... With unrestricted travel on the city region's buses, train and ferries, the MetroCard will help care leavers to continue their education, employment, and social activities without the barrier of transport costs.
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MetroCard ends, new NJ Transit card begins, but a regional fare card is a missed ...

NJ 25 Mar 2025
The 32-year-old MetroCard will fade into history in 2026, taking with it the PATH Smartcard, which relies on MetroCard vending machines ....
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New York's subway, buses to discontinue MetroCards

The Washington Times 20 Mar 2025
Two decades after they replaced subway tokens, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's MetroCards will be replaced by contactless payment options to ride New York City's subway and buses ... .
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MTA kills MetroCard. What it means for New Jersey commuters

northjersey.com 20 Mar 2025
New Jersey commuters who use MTA to travel in and around the New York metro area will have to get used to paying their fares through other means, as New York's mass transportation authority is phasing out the MetroCard.
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First the token, now the swipe: NYC's subway system to stop selling MetroCards

NBC News 19 Mar 2025
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 New York Business Wednesday ... .
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Swipe No More: M.T.A. to Stop Selling MetroCards

New York Times 19 Mar 2025
The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least $20 million annually, it said ... .
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End of the line: MTA to end MetroCard sales by Dec. 31 to make room ...

QNS 19 Mar 2025
The MetroCard is officially going the way of the subway token.
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MTA announces that iconic MetroCards will be replaced by OMNY by end of ‘25: ‘You ...

New York Post 19 Mar 2025
The MTA will stop selling MetroCards sometime after 2025 — ending an iconic part of city history and lore, MTA Chair and President Janno Lieber announced in a speech Wednesday ...Goodbye, MetroCard.
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MetroCard discontinuance by end of 2025 may affect Nassau County bus riders, MTA says

Newsday 19 Mar 2025
Speaking at a Manhattan event hosted by New York Crain’s Business, MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber announced that the transit agency intended to sell its final MetroCard sometime this year ... "Goodbye, MetroCard ... "Goodbye, MetroCard.
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