It's the end of an era for the MetroCard.
With the calendar turning to the New Year, it means, the MTA is now no longer selling MetroCards and they can't be refilled. Afte three decades of the MetroCard the MTA is moving fully the contactless tap and go payment system this year. Janno Lieber is the head of the MTA.
"We're encouraging people to trade in their MetroCards they have sitting on their bureau or in their sock drawer, or wherever they are for OMNY value."
About 94 percent of subway riders are already using the contactless OMNY system. MetroCards are still being accepted as payment. The MTA has not announced when they will stop accepting MetroCards.