Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard ...

My bus rolls into Port Authority. I’ve got 10 minutes to get across town for my first meeting. I sprint down the escalator, run through droves of people, and arrive at a subway turnstile. I swipe my ...

For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with ...