MTA outlaws coin payment on NYC’s buses: ‘I remember when the bus was a nickel’

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The MTA doesn’t want your lousy nickels and dimes.

The transit agency plans to stop accepting coins on its buses at some point next year as it retires the MetroCard and moves over to the digital tap-to-pay OMNY system. It marks the end of an era: As long as there have been public buses in New York City, riders could pay to ride them with coins or tokens…

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