Subway riders have bought millions fewer MetroCards since the MTA added a dollar surcharge on each new card to cut down on the number of cards produced, officials announced Monday. Straphangers pur… ...

The new fee, which you won't pay if you simply refill your card, is now expected to kick in early next year and is expected to save the MTA $20 million annually.

MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg explained that that around 160 million MetroCards are printed—a $9.5 ... MTA Considers $1 Fee For Each New MetroCard You Buy. By . Jen Chung. Published Jul 27, 2012.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The MTA's $1 fee for a new MetroCard is bringing in more money than the agency originally expected. The so-called "green" card fee went into effect in March with other ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The MTA is delaying its plan to charge $1 each time you buy a new MetroCard. Problems with reprogramming the vending machines to add the fee forced the agency to push back ...

Some things are meant to go on forever — like love and, we hope, the expanding universe. But not MetroCard balances that never hit zero. This aspect of the eternal came to mind as the Metropo… ...

The MTA is disputing the results of the survey and said its own research has found that transit riders are happy with the ...

The MTA also tweeted a plug for its EasyPayXpress MetroCard, which does not require visiting a machine to refill; however, New Yorkers who signed up for one today wouldn’t exactly receive it in ...

The MetroCard is getting closer to going the way of the token. The MTA has taken its first concrete step into putting the swipe card out to pasture — putting out a solicitation for a “New Fare ...

Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to pay with cash after MTA MetroCard machines disappear You'll start seeing OMNY vending machines in the first part of 2023. Written by ...