US EditionMTA to stop selling MetroCards by the end of the year
- The MTA will stop selling and refilling MetroCards by the end of 2025, transitioning to the OMNY payment system, as announced by MTA Chair and President Janno Lieber on Wednesday.
- MetroCards will be phased out for the OMNY system, which is sturdier and allows contactless payments, but their sale will cease earlier, causing potential issues for those who do not use digital payment.
- Lieber stated that existing MetroCards will continue to function at turnstiles for at least six months after the final date of sale.
- The upcoming shift raises concerns about accessibility for communities, particularly for those in the Orthodox Jewish community who rely heavily on MetroCards and may face difficulties adapting.
38 Articles
38 Articles
Black America Web
No More Swipes: New York City Ending MetroCard Sales
Source: MTA / MTA On Wednesday (March 19), the Metropolitan Transportation Authority made the announcement that transit riders in New York City were expecting the agency would end sales of the MetroCard at the end of the year. All stations would stop selling the MetroCard on Dec. 31, in conjunction with the stoppage of sales in retail locations and bodegas around the city. The OMNY tap-and-go system would then be the only one in use throughout t…
The Metro Card accompanied the citizens of New York for years on their journeys, with the great advantage of being able to recharge it at several points of sale, with the aim of not using physical tickets.However, the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) announced that it will cease to function.Why the Metro Card will cease to function in New YorkAccording to New York Post, the MTA will stop selling Metro Cards on December 31, 2025, in order t…
New York, 20 Mar (EFE).- The New York subway will withdraw from its stations the physical tickets, known as 'MetroCards' that exist for more than 30 years, and will stop selling them at the end of the year to replace them with the 'tap-and-go' system, which allows to pay on the entry lathes with a bank card, another specific one of the transport network or with the mobile phone itself. According to the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA), wit…
It's the end of an era on the New York subway. The yellow card to pay and access the city's suburban, the MetroCard, will stop selling at the end of this year, after more than three decades in use. The one that for years has been a symbol of the Big Apple—there's no corner of the city that doesn't have at least one run on the ground, nor is there a New Yorker who doesn't have a pair of them in his wallet—will be replaced by the tap-and-go non-co…
NYC MetroCard payment system to be phased out by MTA
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New Yorkers will say goodbye to MetroCards by year’s end, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced it will stop selling the familiar cards and soon use only tap-and-go payment methods.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
