EPISODE · Dec 23, 2025 · 6 MIN

Goodbye, NYC MetroCard

from In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News · host NHK WORLD-JAPAN

New Yorkers are preparing to bid farewell to a familiar companion: the MetroCard. Sales of the ubiquitous farecard are set to end by late 2025. For more than three decades, the card could be found in almost every wallet or pocket, swiped daily by the millions who navigated the city's subway. Few of them knew that a Japanese designer's work quietly shaped the way generations of riders moved through the city.

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