It's the Brian Lairor show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

On today's show, it's Call Your Senator and Call Your MTA Chairman.

Coming up a little later, it's our monthly call your senator segment.

My questions and yours for New Jersey Senator Andy Kim.

But first we have the chair and CEO of the MTA, Geno Lieber, who will answer my mass transit questions and yours as the Mamdani era ends and the Maldani mean the Mamdani era begins and the Metro card era ends 212 433

WNYC call or text with a question for Janelle Lieber 212 433 9692 and Chairman Lieber we

always appreciate that you come on with us. Welcome back to WNYC.

Good to be with you, Brian. Want to start with the end of the Metro card era? What's the exact date again?

Well, at the end of this year, we're going to stop selling new Metro cards, but they will be

accepted in the system. And most important, people can trade them in for credit on Omni cards or on an Omni account,

at least through the first half of next year.

So it's going to be a smooth transition.

Brian, we're already up to well over 90% of riders using Omni.

And even the reduced fare customers that seniors and disabled people who qualify

for reduced fare are fair-fares customers as well have adopted Omni to 90% level in just a few

months.

It's really taken hold.

We're on the move.

So I guess there's not that much nostalgia.

You know, I remember the dawn of the, yeah, the dawn of the Metro Card era in the 90s

when there were traditionalists out there complaining about the demise of the subway token

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