MetroCard Gold TV Commercials (1997)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июл 2010
  • From the New York Transit Museum archives, a series of TV commercials heralding MetroCard Gold, which introduced free system-wide transfers between bus and subway. MetroCard Gold was launched on July 4, 1997.

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  • @carloctave
    @carloctave 8 лет назад +29

    This takes me back to my childhood days of living in Bed-Stuy. Those good old 90s!

    • @FernandoIfillRuiz
      @FernandoIfillRuiz 2 года назад

      I miss the 1990s of Brooklyn, New York when the cost of living was way cheap and affordable.

  • @sparkswolverine
    @sparkswolverine 6 лет назад +11

    1:33 The Redbirds.

  • @joaquinhernandez3193
    @joaquinhernandez3193 7 лет назад +11

    On July 4th Is Going To Be MTA Metrocard Of 20th Anniversary Of Gold This Year!!!....

  • @jeanetdun
    @jeanetdun 13 лет назад +6

    Oh man I remember when they had chrome wheels on the Orion Vs, D60Hfs and NovaRTSs

  • @SigmaRho2922
    @SigmaRho2922 2 года назад +7

    0:00 Metrocard preview
    0:31 Metrocard initial
    1:01 Metrocard generic 1
    1:31 Metrocard winter
    2:02 Metrocard summer
    2:32 Metrocard spring
    3:03 Metrocard fall

  • @DrSurprise
    @DrSurprise 11 лет назад +11

    it's been 3 years since I last saw this video and I still love the trip down memory lane. Does anyone remember the commercial they used to air every christmas with "tis the season to be jolly" in the background? I hope that commercial is around youtube somewhere

  • @KevinMeno2008
    @KevinMeno2008 6 лет назад +7

    If this ad were to air in NYC today, it would be "MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus Company, Long Island Rail Road, and Metro North Railroad, one system that gets you where you want to go" and feature the newer equipment, like the XN40s, XD60s, and the M7s and M8s

    • @dodge1515
      @dodge1515 2 года назад

      Don't forget NICE bus. Probably either an XN40 or a Gillig Advantage BRT Plus CNG.

    • @dodge1515
      @dodge1515 2 года назад

      For NYCTA, probably cuomo schemed XD40s and LFS's. lol

    • @FernandoIfillRuiz
      @FernandoIfillRuiz Год назад

      @@dodge1515 Long Island Bus operated under the MTA from 1998-2011.

    • @dodge1515
      @dodge1515 Год назад

      @@FernandoIfillRuiz 1995-2011.

    • @EastGermany-pc2lw
      @EastGermany-pc2lw Год назад

      @@FernandoIfillRuiz they split?

  • @fawnjoe9669
    @fawnjoe9669 5 лет назад +8

    "they say you can never go home, not true"

  • @kevinwong6588
    @kevinwong6588 3 года назад +6

    0:43 103 Street Station (7)
    1:32 R36 GE WF 9602 at 61 Street-Woodside (7)
    1:38 M42 at Tudor City
    1:40 South Bronx near Mott Haven (appears to be then new M6 Cosmopolitans, delivered by MK 1994)
    3:15 "American Legion" Staten Island Ferry (built 1965, retired 2006)

    • @visulino
      @visulino 3 года назад +1

      1:40 in the background the 4 Taino towers in Harlem, to the right an apartment building on Lexington and 120 (or so) and between the 2nd and 3rd Taino towers a tower on 95th and Second Avenue (UES) across the @nd avenue subway.

    • @DR-om9ce
      @DR-om9ce 2 года назад +1

      Where is 1:07

    • @kevinwong6588
      @kevinwong6588 2 года назад +1

      @@DR-om9ce It's a LIRR M3 in a park. My guess would be Stillwell Woods Park east of Syosset which has trails along the line.

  • @DrSurprise
    @DrSurprise 14 лет назад +4

    great commercials! i like the music as well! they make the commercials more catchy

  • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
    @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 2 года назад +2

    Holy Mackerel, I had never seen these MTA MetroCard commercials on TV before when I was young. : 0

  • @PrimaryConsult
    @PrimaryConsult 14 лет назад +8

    Wow I remember these ads, especially the one starting at 1:01. They were usually on NY1, and late at night on the broadcast channels. Good times.

    • @arielgonzalez5296
      @arielgonzalez5296 3 года назад

      Good knowledge

    • @FernandoIfillRuiz
      @FernandoIfillRuiz 2 года назад

      The MTA doesn’t show this commercial anymore because times have really changed over the years.

    • @Vxllain
      @Vxllain Год назад

      @@FernandoIfillRuizits from the fucking 90s ofc they dont show it anymore 😂

  • @hintonT85
    @hintonT85 14 лет назад +3

    I miss these commercials. I have been looking for them for ever... Thank you!!!

    • @FernandoIfillRuiz
      @FernandoIfillRuiz 2 года назад

      Same here they don’t show this type of MTA Commercials anymore.

  • @CaseysTrains
    @CaseysTrains 5 лет назад +1

    These commercials use to get me hyped as a kid. Now living in Philadelphia they just got their tap cards and we starting to see commercials similar to these since SEPTA's Key Card is going to work for the Commuter train system as well.

  • @gamesnmusic17
    @gamesnmusic17 11 лет назад +3

    i was 5 in 1997 i feel special

  • @donaldboothe1680
    @donaldboothe1680 3 года назад +1

    I missed those days when I was just only 11 that time of my life.

  • @Izakokomarixyz
    @Izakokomarixyz 8 лет назад +7

    they really loved color grading the shit out of video footage back then huh...

  • @FalconsEye58094
    @FalconsEye58094 3 года назад

    ah, memories of watching the same commercial a million times

  • @kilojuliet6889
    @kilojuliet6889 7 лет назад +10

    1:02 the old brwon M train

    • @boatymcboatface18
      @boatymcboatface18 5 лет назад +2

      Jay-Z was tired of people asking him if his real name was Jay-M/Z.

    • @ifoxy-
      @ifoxy- 5 лет назад

      It's Even Seen On 0:53

  • @NeoNitty
    @NeoNitty 3 года назад +1

    I remember this commercial

  • @AndyL6
    @AndyL6 6 лет назад +1

    Ahh... The old L10Gs on LIB.. How could anyone forget those...

  • @arielgonzalez5296
    @arielgonzalez5296 2 года назад +1

    I was 4 year old

  • @JUSXTREME96
    @JUSXTREME96 13 лет назад +6

    MTA had black tinted RTS 04's

  • @thenycsubwayfoxykidrailfan5722
    @thenycsubwayfoxykidrailfan5722 5 лет назад

    Now this is great

  • @AlgonquinRider810
    @AlgonquinRider810 14 лет назад

    Wow very nice ads

  • @addfellow
    @addfellow 6 лет назад

    Never realized 'til now that it's Mandy Patinkin doing the voice overs.

  • @Elevatorelectricgate
    @Elevatorelectricgate 4 месяца назад

    1:08 The Henry Hudson Bridge, also operated by the MTA.

  • @error46146
    @error46146 14 лет назад +2

    I miss the MTA commercials...good times

    • @FernandoIfillRuiz
      @FernandoIfillRuiz 2 года назад

      Times have really changed over the years and they don’t show this MTA commercials anymore.

  • @mamatemari6061
    @mamatemari6061 6 лет назад +3

    My dad still works there and he's on the way to retirement

  • @DDELE7
    @DDELE7 11 лет назад

    Wasn't this such a majestic ad

  • @RellyOhBoy
    @RellyOhBoy 6 лет назад +3

    Remember the first Blue Metrocard?

    • @nyctenthusiast3507
      @nyctenthusiast3507 5 лет назад

      That was only out for 2 years and the gold one phased out Tokens

  • @phillipboothe4611
    @phillipboothe4611 Год назад +1

    As a young boy those days were the best without the pandemics.

    • @billlu9468
      @billlu9468 11 месяцев назад

      IKR? Also these were the days before Sept. 11, 2001, the definitive date when Lower Manhattan changed, and IMO, it wasn't completely for the better.

    • @phillipboothe4611
      @phillipboothe4611 10 месяцев назад

      @@billlu9468 that's right.

  • @axeladame9376
    @axeladame9376 Год назад

    I remember the Commercials in the 90s

  • @Northeastern292
    @Northeastern292 14 лет назад

    @hintonT85 Same here! Mandy Patinkin just ROCKS!!!

  • @bebo2good1
    @bebo2good1 13 лет назад

    Although the Gold was introed in 1997, This doesn't mean Metro-Cards were introduced.. It was introed as the Blue Metrocard in 1993 with testing spreading to every IRT / IND / BMT and NYCTA / MaBSTOA buses along the way.
    Great video of course, man the Redbirds and the 80s, 90s.. Those were the days unlike today!

  • @janedoe3921
    @janedoe3921 8 лет назад +2

    metrocard gold in 1997

  • @bebo2good1
    @bebo2good1 13 лет назад

    @MegaSlickdude The Blue Metrocard got replaced by the gold, i guess to improve security with the current gold and prevent misuse.

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад

    In This Clip, From 0:30 To 1:00, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial #2 From 1997.

  • @kalelc1996
    @kalelc1996 4 года назад +4

    Back when MTA had EQUIPMENT on the rail and road

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 3 года назад

      They still have equipment on the rails and roads.

    • @Kareem4692
      @Kareem4692 Год назад

      You mean real trains and buses not the junk they got now

    • @kalelc1996
      @kalelc1996 Год назад

      @@Kareem4692 exactly

  • @MannyMensah94
    @MannyMensah94 3 года назад +3

    0:00-1:00 What was the song of those commercials?

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад

    In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:30, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial From 1997.

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад

    In This Clip, From 2:31 To 3:02, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial #6 From 1997.

  • @eskinny21
    @eskinny21 11 лет назад +4

    they don't have Long Island Bus anymore o.O

    • @fernandoifill-ruiz3475
      @fernandoifill-ruiz3475 3 года назад

      The last day of the MTA Long Island Bus was Saturday December 31st, 2011 and the next day Sunday January 1st, 2012-present it’s now called NICE Bus.

  • @Northeastern292
    @Northeastern292 14 лет назад

    @DrSurprise Same here! I miss downstate!

  • @GIJew
    @GIJew 5 лет назад +2

    Slogan today:
    "MTA: Fuck you, give us your money."

  • @visulino
    @visulino 3 года назад +1

    I can't believe all of these are 1997. Some of them aren't that old.

    • @visulino
      @visulino 3 года назад

      Something is different. I think they were in Spanish also.

  • @VinceHere98
    @VinceHere98 8 лет назад +1

    I want this kind of metrocard!!!! Give me one before the metro-card expires in 2019 ;_;

    • @AshleyRyan15
      @AshleyRyan15 6 лет назад

      Every metro card since 1998 is a metrocard gold

  • @kalelc1996
    @kalelc1996 5 лет назад +3

    OMG! RTSs & Orion Vs

  • @DrSurprise
    @DrSurprise 14 лет назад +1

    forgot to mention that i remember some of these commercials. brings me back to my childhood. the MTA should bring back these commercials with these nice soothing and catchy music but maybe change the videoshots or something.

  • @Northeastern292
    @Northeastern292 11 лет назад

    You can thank Nassau County for that one!

  • @mikeythesoulace
    @mikeythesoulace 13 лет назад

    @MegaSlickdude yes. metrocard gold is the yellow metrocard. the blue card doesnt have free transfers.

  • @mk3a
    @mk3a Год назад +1

    Someone should remake these commercials for OMNY.

  • @AshleyRyan15
    @AshleyRyan15 6 лет назад +1

    What's the music in this?

  • @philosofaux
    @philosofaux 12 лет назад

    Reynolds Channel Bridge / Long Beach harbour.

  • @themultiman1000
    @themultiman1000 14 лет назад

    Oh, so this is when the metrocard gave you free transfers

  • @tm5506
    @tm5506 6 лет назад +2

    1:33 redbrid (7) train

  • @boatymcboatface18
    @boatymcboatface18 6 лет назад +2

    Ah yes, when transit functioned well in NY... Incredible how far the system had come by the 90's only to fall head first back into a state of disrepair again. And for all the talk about poor management by the MTA I understand that the system is starved for cash on a federal, state, and city level.

  • @merlinmerchan4123
    @merlinmerchan4123 7 дней назад

    Anyone know thw name of theses musics?

  • @eskinny21
    @eskinny21 10 лет назад +10

    too bad Long Island Bus is no longer in the MTA, as seen in the commercial

    • @julez5900
      @julez5900 6 лет назад +1

      David Pujadas it is now run by an asshole named ed mangohead

    • @FernandoIfillRuiz
      @FernandoIfillRuiz 2 года назад

      I miss those days when Long Island Bus was operating under the MTA but that’s been dead since January 1st, 2012.

  • @JUSXTREME96
    @JUSXTREME96 13 лет назад +1

    Now the old Orion V's look like crap boxes since some were transferred to MTA Bus (ex-PBL).

  • @theL3gITs0aP
    @theL3gITs0aP 12 лет назад

    no one had any idea how it would turn out in 2011

  • @merlinnieves9704
    @merlinnieves9704 7 месяцев назад

    Musics? Names?

  • @nyctenthusiast3507
    @nyctenthusiast3507 6 лет назад +1

    So the metrocard don't work on green lines, command bus, or jamaca inc busses?

  • @R160A
    @R160A 13 лет назад

    @hintonT85 Me too

  • @hintonT85
    @hintonT85 14 лет назад

    MTA got rid of the commercial because they know it is not less expensive no more

  • @OfficialJakeTransit
    @OfficialJakeTransit Год назад +1

    Metrocards are going to be discontinued in 2024. Getting replaced by OMNY. Good old days with these metrocards.

  • @matthewleon7300
    @matthewleon7300 5 лет назад +2

    0:32 the sign is not E F 6 it’s now E M 6

  • @Richard-pf5xs
    @Richard-pf5xs Год назад

    Many people did not use the internet in 1997

  • @Justinian43
    @Justinian43 12 лет назад +1

    Now the Metrocard ordeal is unbearable,,,, 2.50 for a ride.. LIRR tickets keep rising, i feel sorry for my future kids, i bet they would have to pay even more than what i pay.. god bless New York but not the MTA lol

  • @theL3gITs0aP
    @theL3gITs0aP 12 лет назад +1

    1:30 where is that place

  • @doobiesoda3873
    @doobiesoda3873 7 лет назад +3

    Yeah it was less expensive until they kept raising the fares. It should've stayed at 2.00 per ride, what the fuck.

  • @psychicfriendfreadbear6025
    @psychicfriendfreadbear6025 6 лет назад +1

    wait... the yellow Q ran back in the 90s???!??!

    • @williamj.s.rodriguez4761
      @williamj.s.rodriguez4761 6 лет назад

      psychic friend freadbear The only nostalgia remain In Coney Island-Stillwell Aveune Terminal In the Discontuned Orange Q Sticker On the F train Platform.

    • @charliegeraldjr5926
      @charliegeraldjr5926 5 лет назад

      psychic friend freadbear I it’s still yellow

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад

    In This Clip, From 1:00 To 1:30, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial #3 From 1997.

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад

    In This Clip, From 1:30 To 2:01, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial #4 From 1997.

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад

    In This Clip, From 3:02 To 3:35, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial #7 From 1997.

  • @erikstone179
    @erikstone179 10 лет назад +1

    In This Clip, From 2:01 To 2:31, It Was MTA MetroCard Gold Video Commercial #5 From 1997.