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Re:Decoding the MetroCard, Part 2: Research and Past Attempts by egypturnash on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:31PM (#12117528)
From what I understand, not having contactless cards is the least of the MTA's modernization issues.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/07/30/convertin...

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/why-do...

It mostly seems to boil down to budgeting woes and bureaucracy. And in having one of the oldest subway systems in the country with a ton of technical debt to deal with.

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