Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Metrocard has become a New York icon of its own. The MTA is retiring them for the tap-to-pay option most riders already use.

Beginning in 2026, New York City subways will transition away from MetroCards to OMNY cards or payments with physical and digital debit and credit cards. The yellow card that riders swipe to enter the ...

For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with ...

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than three decades, is officially reaching the end of the line. New York’s ...