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The Unlimited MetroCard Turns Ten
The MetroCard didn't really impress New Yorkers at first, but once the free transfers option was offered, things were all good: "It was not until free MetroCard transfers between subways and buses were instituted in 1997 and the unlimited-ride cards were introduced on July 4, 1998, that the passes fully realized their power to transform the transit system." |NYT|
by ANIMAL on July 16, 2008