Pour one out for the ancient MetroCard and its equally old cousin, the PATH SmartLink card. The beginning of the end for these longtime ways to pay fares on the bi-state PATH system came Thursday when ...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has launched a new reloadable TAPP card for PATH riders. TAPP use has grown dramatically as its been integrated into the system. Nearly 70% of weekday ...

NYC MetroCards may have been laid to rest last week, but the flimsy plastic cards, used for decades to pay for public transportation in the Big Apple, are making a big comeback on resell sites.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...