New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares
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FILE - A subway rider swipes his MetroCard in a turnstile as he enters the 34th St. subway station, July 23, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)FILE - Russell Chin, left, helps Angie Hoyle, 3, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, as she tries on a hat made of MetroCards shaped as the Brooklyn Bridge during the Easter Parade on New York's Fifth Avenue, March 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)FILE - Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds her MetroCard as she goes through the turnstile to enter the subway in the Bronx borough of New York, April 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Lev Radin poses for a picture with his MetroCard collection, Dec. 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)FILE - Shoppers swipe their MetroCards as they enter the subway turnstiles, Nov. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)
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FILE - A subway rider swipes his MetroCard in a turnstile as he enters the 34th St. subway station, July 23, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)