When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity ...

On Wednesday, the MTA retired the MetroCard, ending the era of the iconic fare payment method that replaced tokens in 1994.

Two Times journalists joined Miles Taylor, a YouTuber and transport enthusiast, on a daylong journey across New York City ...

New Yorkers held a “farewell service” for the New York City Transit MetroCard on Tuesday, December 30, ahead of it being ...

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

The MTA says that although MetroCards will no longer be available to buy or refill after December 31, they will still be ...

Dec. 31 will be the last day that anyone can buy or refill a MetroCard in New York City as transit authorities are working to ...

The MetroCard — a blue-and-yellow pass that for more than three decades let riders into New York’s vast subway network with a ...

OMNY cards can be purchased or reloaded at OMNY vending machines in most subway stations or at select retail stores across ...

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

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.