Ikhadi lezithuthi zomphakathi eNew York City, elibizwa ngeMetroCard, lizoqala kancane kancane ukunyamalala njengenqubo ejwayelekile yokukhokha ezokuthutha zomphakathi zedolobha, ngokusho kweThe New York Times, njengoba umkhandlu wedolobha uzoqala shintsha abafundi beMetroCard ngezinhlelo zokukhokha ezingenantambo ezihambisana ne-Apple Pay I-Samsung Pay nezinye izinhlelo zokukhokha oxhumana nabo. Ukulungiswa okuphelele kwawo wonke amatheminali edolobha kuzothatha iminyaka embalwa, kepha okungenani iNew York ibe ngelinye lamadolobha okuqala ukuqala ukubona ukuthi inkokhelo yokuxhumana iyikusasa.
Akusilo ikusasa kuphela, kodwa futhi kuyashesha, ngoba akubangeli amaphutha okufunda uma ithikithi lisongwe, lifakwe ngokungeyikho, umucu kazibuthe usuliwe noma sesibonile ukuthi ithikithi liphelile futhi kufanele vuselela. Ikomidi leMetropolitan Transportation Authority ligunyaze uhlelo lokuvuselela wonke amatheminali ezinsizakalo zokuthutha umphakathi ukuthi izobiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-573. Lesi sivumelwano sizovumela ukufakwa kwabafundi abasha abangaxhunyaniseki ezindaweni zokungena ezihamba ngaphansi komhlaba ezingama-500 namabhasi amadolobha angama-600 ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka ozayo. Zonke ezinye iziteshi ezikhona kufanele zivuselelwe ngaphambi kokuphela komhlaka-202.
Amathikithi eMetroCard azonqanyulwa kuze kube ngu-2023, eminyakeni engama-30 ngemuva kokwethulwa kwawo. Esikhundleni saleli thikithi lomzimba, abasebenzisi kuzofanele basondeze i-smartphone yabo eduze komfundi ukuze bakwazi ukufinyelela eziteshini. Okwamanje, imininingwane ethile ngabafundi ayikashicilelwa, kepha izohambisana nobuchwepheshe be-NFC njenge-Apple Pay, i-Samsung Pay ne-Android Pay.Kuzoba nethuba futhi lokuthola amakhadi angavuselelwa nge-chip ye-NFC ngaphakathi ukuze kungadingeki ngokuqinile ukuthi kube ne-smartphone ezokwazi ukuhamba ngezithuthi zomphakathi edolobheni.