{"id":143170,"date":"2025-12-28T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143170"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:00:09","slug":"new-yorks-subway-joins-london-singapore-and-retires-metrocard-and-embraces-tap-and-go-faresunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143170","title":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s subway joins London, Singapore and retires MetroCard and embraces tap-and-go faresUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world\u2019s oldest and largest transit systems.<br \/>\nNow, more than three decades later, the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip are following the token into retirement.<br \/>\nThe last day to buy or refill a MetroCard is December 31, 2025, as the transit system fully transitions to OMNY, a contactless payment system that allows riders to tap&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3337953\/new-yorks-subway-joins-london-singapore-and-retires-metrocard-and-embraces-tap-and-go-fares?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}