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| My last two metro cards they expire end of January 2026 lol. It's been real and a true journey! |
Call Me “Miss New York”….not only have I played “New York” from “Flavor of Love” for a college project my professor probably still has the project somewhere, I am a native New Yorker, I have taken every single subway train in the last 15 years since I have lived here and 25 years in total the A/B/C/D/E/F/G/J/M/N/Q/R/S/V trains(Shuttle)/W/Z and the 1234567 trains. I can tell you how to get around the 5 boroughs, good eateries, tourist attractions, and where to stay too.
I couldn’t believe it last year when we found out that our beloved Metro card would be leaving us December 31st, 2025. I have traveled a lot in our country and have taken trains inside and outside of the country. I can tell you this as one of the greatest cities in the world we have to step up our game always. I first met my metro card in high school. I was attending Cathedral High School and was commuting from New Jersey in the fall of 2001. So the first MTA metro card we received in school was green and white. The next metro card I would purchase would be the card we used until late 2025.
I have loved this card saving me, getting me to work early mornings to be filming on set, traveling to Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Manhattan. Taking my card into Hoboken and Jersey City too while taking the PATH train too. So I had my card for about 24 years. Many late nights coming home from work, traveling, or wherever my next adventure was the metro card was right there. My metro card almost got me in trouble too! Winter 2022 I remember running for work and I was on the M15 bus to work heading to midtown. I had my metrocard and needed to refill but I couldn’t make it to the MTA machine without having to be late for at that particular time. I got in trouble one of the MTA transit workers came on looking for everyone. I was fined…MTA I got you I still owe you a little something something lol! I got it your girl has been busy. I will handle my business. So yes I have had memories people needing a swipe and a ride. Me needing a ride and a swipe to get through thank you to all of those people who ever gave me a swipe on my way to work if a machine was not working or if I may have had lack of time to get to the machine. Metrocard you are one of our NYC icons: the empire state building, The Chrysler building, the Freedom tower, Brooklyn Bridge, pizza, the pigeons, taxis, our critters lol, and our beloved subway. You entertain, you get us to work, we have our moments, and stories. To our beloved metro card thanks for getting us all to our destinations. Swipe Swipe….now we tap tap for OMNY. As a Manhattan girl I say good-bye friend I am going to miss you but evolution is the way we keep making New York City greater and better. Change is always for the best. Dedicate "Say Goodbye" by Chris Brown and "Take the A Train" by Duke Ellington and his band, and "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra to all of the New Yorkers. Visit http://www.mta.info for subway information, directions, on Subway/LIRR/Metro North, and http://www.omny.com to register, pay for your OMNY if you are a local resident, tourist, or coming to move to NYC for the first time. Good luck and enjoy your ride safely.
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