MTA announces that iconic MetroCards will be replaced by OMNY by end of ‘25: ‘You served us well’
Culture,Transportation,New York City,Public Transit
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Stand clear of the closing era, please.
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.
The transit chief didn’t give a firm date for the familiar yellow-and-blue card’s finale, but this is the first time the MTA has given any kind of time window for the three-decade-old card system to be finally phased out for its much-sturdier and contactless counterpart, OMNY.
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