Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa is a writer based in Brooklyn. New York’s Metrocard is about to join the subway token as a transit relic from the past.

Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems.

New York operates one of the biggest and busiest subway systems in the world. A silvery subway train on elevated train tracks in front of the New York City skyline at dusk. It moves more people, has ...

Emergency crews responded after cables fell from elevated J line tracks in Brooklyn early Friday morning. FDNY said the wires blocked part of the street beneath the tracks, while J trains continued ...

A lot of interesting things happening in the city involve how people get around,” said Stefanos Chen, a Metro reporter and lifelong bus aficionado.