MTA proposes a fare increase to $3 and a 7.5% toll hike, signaling a MetroCard phaseout for the OMNY system by 2026.

Starting in January, MetroCards will no longer be sold, and unlimited passes will be retired, according to the agency.

The New York City public transit systems will have a price increase and other changes in 2026 that will affect how you travel ...

The MTA began transitioning away from the 30-year-old MetroCard with the launch of OMNY in 2019. It plans to stop selling MetroCards on Dec. 31, but riders will still be able to use them for at ...

OMNY card vending machines came to the system in October 2023 to make it “easier than ever for transit customers to leave MetroCard in the past,” as then-NYC Transit President Richard Davey said.

The MTA says it’s getting closer to phasing out MetroCards as the OMNY tap-and-go technology has now reached almost all riders in the city, including reduced-fare riders like seniors.

Each day, 75% of NYC transit riders choose to use the OMNY tap-and-go entry system over the MetroCard system, and a large majority give it high reviews in customer satisfaction surveys, according ...

The reduced-fare metrocard now has a modern counterpart in the tap-to-pay OMNY system. MTA officials began mailing the cards to the 1.5 million enrolled reduced-fare straphangers this week.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — After 27 years, it’s the end of an era for student MetroCards. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that public school students will start receiving OMNY cards ...

Currently, OMNY is used by about 70% of bus and subway riders, the MTA said. MetroCards have become something of a collector's item, with more than 400 special editions issued by the MTA.