The MTA Plans to Turn New Yorkers’ Smartphones into Subway Passes
Photo Credit: MTA Metrocard, with the Panorama of New York City in the Queens Museum of Art in the background. Flickr / Mr. T in DC
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Introducing a next-generation transit pass, especially one accessible on smartphones, will significantly improve New York City's transport infrastructure and its bragging rights.
The New York City MetroCard turned 20 years old this week, but its death is already near.
In five years' time, the MetroCard that 7.7 million people use daily to access NYC subways and buses will likely be extinct, a souvenir of the city's past.
Like the humble token.
The MTA plans to have a next-generation fare payment system in pla
