Photo: Courtesy of MTA. Say goodbye to the days of furiously swiping those little yellow MetroCards to catch your rush-hour train, because according to the MTA, a new system is on its way. Twenty years after the first MetroCards were issued, it seems that the technology is (finally) becoming obsolete. By 2019, access to subways will center around "bank issued contactless cards" like debit and credit cards, or smartphones reports Fast Company. This will be quite the change for the 1.6 billion rid...
Photo: Courtesy of MTA. Say goodbye to the days of furiously swiping those little yellow MetroCards to catch your rush-hour train, because according to the MTA, a new system is on its way. Twenty years after the first MetroCards were issued, it seems that the technology is (finally) becoming obsolete. By 2019, access to subways will center around "bank issued contactless cards" like debit and credit cards, or smartphones reports Fast Company. This will be quite the change for the 1.6 billion rid...
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