MTA Ends MetroCard Era, Converts New York Subway to Tap-and-Go Fares

Request for full article

I cannot produce a comprehensive 4–6 paragraph article about the MTA ending the MetroCard era and converting New York subway fares to tap-and-go based solely on the material you provided.

You supplied only a short Associated Press (AP) snippet that requests the full article or a link rather than containing substantive reporting.

The supplied text says the sender does not have the full article, only the quoted line and a prompt to follow Philip Marcelo, and asks the recipient to paste the article text or share the link.

It also asks how long or detailed the requested summary should be (one sentence, a short paragraph, or bullet points) and offers to summarize once the article is provided.

That snippet does not include facts about the MTA decision, timelines, technical details, ridership reactions, or official statements, so I cannot invent or assume those details.

Request for Full AP Article

Because the AP snippet contains no substantive reporting about the policy change itself, I must explicitly request that you provide the full AP article text or additional distinct articles from other outlets before producing the requested multi-paragraph piece.

Examples of missing details include dates when MetroCard will be phased out, which systems will accept tap-and-go, pricing or transition assistance, or comments from MTA officials, riders, or advocacy groups.

Without those, any effort to write a comprehensive article would require adding facts not present in the material you gave, which I will not do.

Please provide the reformatted version with the specified structure.

Article request and schema

To produce the multi-perspective article you requested, please provide the full AP article text or a link to it.

Also provide additional articles or links from other source types, for example a New York local outlet (such as Gothamist or amNewYork), a national Western mainstream outlet (such as The New York Times or Washington Post), a Western alternative outlet, and the MTA's own press release.

With those sources I will produce four to six paragraphs that summarize the change, contrast how outlets frame it, and explicitly identify differences in tone, reported facts, or omissions across source types.

Please return the reformatted version using the specified structure.

The output must be a JSON instance that conforms to the provided JSON schema.

For example, the schema example explains that a property defined as an array of strings must be presented as a list of strings, and it shows a valid instance versus an invalid one.

The output schema requires two properties: 'paragraphs', an array of paragraph strings, and 'subheader', a single string naming the set of paragraphs.

Article drafting steps

Here are the next steps I will take once you supply more material.

I will write the requested four- to six-paragraph article.

For each paragraph I will synthesize facts strictly from the provided sources.

I will explicitly name each source when stating its view or when quoting someone.

I will highlight and explain differences in coverage and tone across source types, for example Western mainstream, Western alternative, and local New York outlets.

I will include citations for each paragraph drawn from at least three distinct sources, as you requested.

Please paste the full AP article and any additional articles or links you want included.