Talk:MetroCard

message: I don't think there's enough potential detail in Blue MetroCard to deserve its own article. Wouldn't it be better off as a section in this article -- perhaps with the History section rewritten to describe the transition from blue to yellow? --Polonius 13:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Merge.  --CComMack 23:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue MetroCard 

message: Can someone add info on that? Pacific Coast Highway (blah • I'm a hot toe picker) 21:49, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very, very good point. I don't really know much about it, but we should really put some more information about it in the article. alphaChimp laudare 02:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about TransitCheck? 

message: I removed:"($3.00 cards available from PATH vending machines PATH FAQ - Question #3)" as it is misleading.  PATH Vending machines although set for the basic PATH fare values can also issue cards in any amount.  The reference of the $4 to $80 is mainly for sales at station booths.  On MVMs you can put any amount on an existing MetroCard.  You can get a new card for $3.00.
--Allan 17:22, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MetroCard value adding 

message: Previously, since the late 1980s, the MBTA, the mass transit system of Boston, Massachusetts has had monthly passes that worked as unlimited farecards.
--Allan 15:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Predecessor systems elsewhere

message: Does anyone know how/why the cards expire? I always felt that was an unfair practice, since there are no refunds given for unused cards. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 19:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Metrocards get scratched and nicked over time, and start to need more and more reswipes before they will work. I guess the expire thing is so these old abused (or not) cards get forcefully retired rather than someone keep swiping them over and over again to get it to read. There might be security reasons from Cubic too, such as changing algorithms or encryption keys every so often. These is all unsourced conjecture. 68.173.158.64 (talk) 05:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expiration 

message: Some of the information about discount Metrocards for the disabled is incorrect. The article states that these cards are labeled "photo ID cards"; mine has my photo, but says "Disability" in bold, and has a giant letter "R". This is embarrassing to people like me whose disability is usually not visible, and wish to keep it that way.
66.65.134.18 13:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disabled Metrocards 

message: The article omits any discussion of anonymity. If a card is purchased with a debit or credit card, there is enough information to identify the purchaser and tie it to travel history. I would like to know the policy for retaining this data, and what kind of court order or subpoena is needed to obtain it.
66.65.134.18 13:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anonymity and data retention 

message: I just started a discussion at Talk:Token_sucking#rename which is also related to this article. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fare evasion article? 

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was no consensus for the move --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 14:18, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Move?

message: I just learned the hard way that the MetroCard Vending Machines will not permit any one debit or credit card to be used more than two times in one day.  Presumably this is for security purposes, but it is not convenient.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.201.99 (talk) 00:39, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maximum of 2 Transactions per Day for any Credit or Debit Card 

message: the article is here http://publicadvocategotbaum.com/policy/documents/StuckattheTurnstile06-22-05.pdf . Having a failed swipe and looking for attendant (who is not necessarily present) has indeed been my own experience on many occasions. Strangely enough, this persistent problem apparently gets far less coverage than it deserves. 76.119.30.87 (talk) 00:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New York Public Advocate office reports that 25% of card swipes at the turnstile fail 

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message: This entire subsection is not cited, and I don't think it is accurate. I'd like to add a refimprove section tag at the very least, but I'm not sure if it would be more appropriate to put it under the section heading or the subsection. Thoughts? -- Ginotech (talk) 19:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Transit Employee ID Cards

message: TVM at NYC Visitors Center (7th Ave./ 53th St.): the address does not longer exist.--181.47.159.236 (talk) 14:44, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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message: I'd like to remove most of the NYC Ferries information aside from a brief note that MetroCard isn't accepted on the system. This is the MetroCard article, not an article on transportation in NYC. Is there any rationale for keeping that information here? Normally I'd be bold but I worry that I might be missing something here. Kufat (talk) 20:41, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I, too, find the number of mentions of NYC Ferry baffling. NYC Ferry doesn't use MetroCard, and this is not New York City transit fares. Some of the information regarding NYC Ferry seems to have been copied from the latter article. TroyVan (talk) 05:04, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I double-checked and the NYC Ferry mentions are mainly in the "Fares" section, which is an excerpt of New York City transit fares (using ) and cannot be edited independently. So there's not a lot we can do. TroyVan (talk) 05:15, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  NYC Ferries information: remove?