Editing MetroCard (section)

=== OMNY ===
{{main|OMNY}}
In October 2017, MTA signed a $573 million contract with [[Cubic Transportation Systems]] for [[OMNY]] (short for One Metro New York), a new fare payment system. This will use the [[Contactless smart card|contactless]] payment system, with riders waving or tapping credit or debit [[bank card]]s, [[smartphone]]s, and/or MTA-issued [[contactless smart card|smart cards]] to pay their fare.<ref name=":3"/> This contactless system was originally developed by [[Transport for London]] at a cost of £11 million (at the time equivalent to around $14 million),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/londons-contactless-system-to-power-new-yorks-subway-bus-and-rail-journeys/|title=London's contactless fares system to power New York's subway, bus and rail journeys|date=October 25, 2017|last=Hoscik|first=Martin|work=MayorWatch|access-date=November 20, 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> before being licensed to [[Cubic Transportation Systems|Cubic]] for worldwide sale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2016/july/licencing-london-s-contactless-ticketing-system|title=Licencing London's contactless ticketing system |website=Transport for London|language=en|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032915/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2016/july/licencing-london-s-contactless-ticketing-system|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> MTA expects to spend at least six years rolling out the system, with new electronic readers and vending machines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rivoli |first1=Dan |last2=Gregorian | first2=Dareh |date=April 12, 2016 |title=MTA to solicit proposals for 'New Fare Payment System,' taking first step in finding MetroCard replacement |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-takes-step-replacing-metrocard-article-1.2598346 |newspaper=New York Daily News |access-date=November 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MTA Looks to Replace MetroCard With System Using 'Contactless Media' | website=NBC New York | date=April 13, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-MTA-to-Replace-MetroCard-New-Contactless-Media-Fare-System--375504081.html | access-date=November 30, 2016}}</ref> The new fare system would be rolled out on a limited basis in May 2019. It was intended that by 2024, the MetroCard would be phased out entirely, although this target has not been met.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/metrocard-fare-payment-1.19188463|title=MetroCards to start tapping out in May|date=June 13, 2018|last=Barone|first=Vincent|website=am New York|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="MTA-CPOC-Nov2018">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/181113_1400_CPOC.pdf|title=Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting November 2018|date=November 13, 2018|access-date=November 10, 2018|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|page=103}}</ref> 

On March 19, 2025, the MTA announced that sales and distribution of the MetroCard will end in December 2025. Customers will still be able to continue using their MetroCards until turnstiles and vending machines are disassembled at a later date.<ref>{{cite web | last=Spivack | first=Caroline | title=MTA plans MetroCard retirement | website=Crain&#039;s New York Business | date=March 18, 2025 | url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/mta-plans-metrocard-retirement | access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Siff | first=Andrew | title=MTA to stop selling MetroCards by the end of the year | website=NBC New York | date=March 19, 2025 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/mta-metrocards-selling/6192638/ | access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Fadulu | first=Lola | title=The MetroCard Goes the Way of the Token as M.T.A. Announces End of Sales | website=The New York Times | date=March 19, 2025 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/nyregion/nyc-subway-metro-card.html | access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref>