How To Ride The New York City Subway

An OMNY card isn’t necessary to ride the New York City subway if you have a credit or debit card with a chip, or a digital ...
CBS News

MTA introduces new NYC subway surfing barriers on 7 line. Here's why the agency believes it will work.

A new piece of hardware is hitting the subway -- not for speed or comfort, but to stop people from climbing on top of trains to subway surf. The MTA is now installing barriers in between cars on the ...
The New York Times

They Witness Deaths on the Tracks and Then Struggle to Get Help

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 ...
Fast Company

New York’s subway is waging a war on fare evasion with hostile architecture

In January 2025, subway riders at the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue station in Manhattan noticed a surprising new addition: spiked metal partitions between each fare gate. Some commuters called the ...
The New York Times

Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?

Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide by year’s end whether to sign a law that would mandate two-person crews on all trains, a practice critics say is costly and outdated. By Stefanos Chen For more than a ...