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Can New York adapt the subway for the climate crisis?

Environment / StudentNation / As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever. Ilana Cohen This story was produced for ...
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New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

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. Now, more than ...
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New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

MetroCard Retirement FILE - A subway rider swipes his MetroCard in a turnstile as he enters the 34th St. subway station, July 23, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (AP2007) (Mary ...