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14. I remember those tokens! I lived in NYC in the early 1960s (my 3 kids were born there).

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 08:07 AM

Dec 29

We had no money to go to the theatre so no playbills (to my sorrow).

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New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 28 OP

I still have a MetroCard in my artifacts... Hugin Dec 28 #1

I still have a D.C. Metro Card (SmarTrip) BumRushDaShow Dec 28 #3

I haven't logged into the SmarTrip account site in a long time BumRushDaShow Dec 29 #15

I ran across some tokens that were moonscape Dec 28 #8

is one able to get weekly/monthly rates? ret5hd Dec 28 #2

Here are some details BumRushDaShow Dec 28 #4

But How Will Le Tigre Get Around? waldnorm Dec 28 #6

Dang! I still have tokens I haven't used since the 60s. SeattleVet Dec 28 #7

When I was in San Francisco for training, pre- tap and go BumRushDaShow Dec 29 #16

So they won't even have their own dedicated TAP card? Iggo Dec 28 #10

If they had simply pitched this as a *replacement* for metrocard... eggplant Dec 28 #11

The new system is really easy, just tap as you go through. tinrobot Dec 28 #12

Ex-Bronx herre yankee87 Dec 29 #17