A mass of arctic air moving over the tri-state area is ushering in dangerously cold temperatures, “well below zero” wind chills, and — you guessed it — even more snow this weekend, the National ...
For over three decades, the high-pitched zip of a plastic card hitting a turnstile served as the unofficial heartbeat of the New York City subway. But as of Jan. 1, 2026, the gold-hued MetroCard ...
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 ...
Love it or hate it, the MetroCard has been a staple of daily life for New York City subway and bus riders for more than three decades. Introduced in 1994, it became both a necessity and a visible ...
Metro-North Railroad’s plan to offer round-trip service between Manhattan and Albany for the first time has been scratched following Amtrak’s eleventh-hour announcement it will be restoring service ...
The MetroCard — a blue-and-yellow pass that for more than three decades let riders into New York’s vast subway network with a swipe — will be retired on Wednesday, replaced by the already popular ...
With the MetroCard retiring at the end of 2025, the OMNY system will become the only way to pay for most transit riders. By Stefanos Chen Starting on Jan. 1, transit riders will no longer be able to ...
When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than ...
The transit cards can fetch up to $5,000 on the e-commerce site Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty New York City's newly-discontinued ...