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NBachers

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9. I'm pretty talented at having the San Francisco one not respond to me, so I'm tapping & bumping while people wait behind

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:25 PM

5 hrs ago

You'd think having the latest iPhone would facilitate things, but somehow the system's always waiting to thwart me.

The ones in London are slam-bam great, though.

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New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares [View all] BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP

I still have a MetroCard in my artifacts... Hugin 9 hrs ago #1

I still have a D.C. Metro Card (SmarTrip) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #3

I ran across some tokens that were moonscape 6 hrs ago #8

is one able to get weekly/monthly rates? ret5hd 9 hrs ago #2

Here are some details BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #4

DC has this. I've been using my phone for commuting because it works better than SmartTrip. IronLionZion 7 hrs ago #5

But How Will Le Tigre Get Around? waldnorm 7 hrs ago #6

Dang! I still have tokens I haven't used since the 60s. SeattleVet 7 hrs ago #7

I'm pretty talented at having the San Francisco one not respond to me, so I'm tapping & bumping while people wait behind NBachers 5 hrs ago #9

So they won't even have their own dedicated TAP card? Iggo 5 hrs ago #10

If they had simply pitched this as a *replacement* for metrocard... eggplant 5 hrs ago #11

The new system is really easy, just tap as you go through. tinrobot 3 hrs ago #12