The MTA proposed an increase to the subway and bus fare to $2.90 by Labor Day.
It is a 15-cent increase from the current $2.75 base fare, and the first fare hike since 2019.
"A lot of the stations are still dirty," rider John Delaruz said. "They are not in commission as often. I don't see the benefit in raising the price right now."
Weekly MetroCards would increase a dollar to $34 and 30-day MetroCards would go up $5 to $132.
Express bus fare would increase a quarter to $7 and seven-day bus passes would increase $2 to $64.
This year's planned fare hike will be closer to the standard 4% increase, which is typically how much the fare goes up every other year, instead of 5.5% originally floated, thanks to Governor Kathy Hochul's budget.
However, a planned 5.5% toll revenue increase remains in place.
Straphangers were less than pleased with the proposed hike.
Even Executive Director of the MTA's Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee Lisa Daglian acknowledged that fare hikes are necessary to keep the transit system rolling.
"Improving the discount options for riders across the system, ensuring there is equity across increases so that those who can least afford them have access to more options is critical," Daglian said. "That includes raising eligibility to fair fares to 200% of the federal poverty level from the current 100% level."
The last fare increase on trains and buses was in 2019. There was not a fare increase in 2021 due to the pandemic.
In addition to buses and subways, fares on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North would also go up by about 4%.
The MTA also anticipates that with congestion pricing, more commuters will want to take the subway and commuter rail.
Officials unveiled two possible scenarios for drivers. One rewards E-Z Pass users with a 6% increase, vs a 10% increase for tolls by mail. The other spreads the pain, with a 7% increase for both E-Z Pass and toll by-mail users.
66 comments:
Is this Joe Biden's fault too? I'm sure some QAnon creep will manage to blame it on Biden.
This is just fucking genius, ridership is down so what do the buttheads at MTA do? Make it more expensive and costly to those who need it most.
It's about what we should have expected from bureaucrats with their heads stuck up their asses.
Only idiot Sheeple pay tolls or bus/train fares !
Just hide your car plate or jump the turnstyle like I see happening everyday.
The MTA is losing billions of $$$ with our Woke Criminal Justice System.
These fare hikes are to cover for fare evaders. The cost of progressive Dem0rAt electurds
Biden's America !
Americans are feeling the pain at the pump and at the grocery store. Inflation is at a 50-year record high. Yet, President Joe Biden and his administration say that the economy is better than ever. Do you agree ?
Stop the Fare Beating !
We need to be cutting spending and taxes and the Democrats want to do the exact opposite.
So you've got people who can get "Free" MTA cards, rental assistance, food stamps, free healthcare, $300 a week per child benefits, unemployment benefits, all of these things. And they add up to, and by the way, this is all tax free, without working an hour, you can make 70, $75,000 a year.
Another tax cut for the super rich and a corporate bailout should fix all that.
Do the illegal immigrants housed in hotels get to ride for free?
New York is fully controlled by Dem0Rats, so yes they get the blame !
Oh a Fare hike... sounds like Russian collusion to me!
to be fare everything is going up in price
At least we won't have Jordan Neely jumping the turnstiles and harassing passengers anymore.
Anytime a leftists looses an angel gets it wings...
Did you hear Leftist Marianne Williamson Loses Her Campaign Manager.
RFK JR all day, baby. I am no Democrat; but he is one of the few half way decent ones left. Sure he has flaws too, but if he ran in either party: I would vote for him.
This is tyrannical !
Larry Penner long argued that except
for the express bus, no MTA ride was
never fully rider-funded. That's why
we called it the New York Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the banana country known as the United States of America.
90 thousand IRS agents being hired to destroy small businesses & families/parents who go to work each day to provide for their families. They take hardworking taxpayer money & to give to illegals and people who decide to sit on the couch, fu-k, do drugs & not work.
Liberal playbook.
Where are the "Repubicicans", why aren’t they objecting to this?
Stupid deal, they should have made it a simple $3.
It would have speeded up the already miserable bottle necked ticket vending process by 400% avoiding and all the depositing & making change of nickels, dimes and quarters.
Most working people, millions of tourists and day trippers are "pay per use" don’t get all these free monthly passes, EBT plastic card handouts.
What a bunch of jackasses.
I hate the subway, flack vest and personal protection when I need to go to Manhattan, Id rather pay a $100 cab fare then have it.
Under this DA Bragg they will bust you with $25,000 bail for a flack vest (body armor) pepper spray, knife, blackjack, stun device (if your white working class) and let your thug attacker not only go but sue you!!
Still better judged by 12 VS carried into a hearse by 6.
Problem is most or all your jurors and prosecutor will likely be people of color and regard any self defense as racially motivated.
It’s the best and safest time in New York’s history to be a criminal.
F_ck the MTA, racist Adams family and DA Bragg, Take a private cab!
-Joe
Our government is way to large, it’s to costly to taxpayers, time to downsize our government.
Calm down Sheeple, These increases are needed so when Zeelensky stops by to pick up another truckload of more money it will be filled to the top with cash.
I wonder how long before the NY Dems go on TV and blame the MAGA Republicans for the fare increases ? It's what Dems always do....Sad, very sad.
Is this Joe Biden's fault too? I'm sure some QAnon creep will manage to blame it on Biden.
Non sequitur. Also, QAnon was just another Fed op.
Another tax cut for the super rich and a corporate bailout should fix all that.
Juvenile comment.
Nothing in there about stopping fare beaters, naturally. Hey, when all the white peepo get stuck paying reparations to blacks, can we deduct all the fare beating I see blacks doing? Just asking. And yes, it's not just blacks fare beating these days. But the thing is I almost never see a black person NOT fare beating. The joy of crime without consequences.
@"Biden's America !"
What's this got do with Biden? Do you know the difference between Federal, State and City governments? If not, go back to school or check with NPC_doofus who claims to be an expert on such matters.
I thought congestion pricing was supposed to bail out the MTA the buses and the subways
@"Stop the Fare Beating"
Are you seriously expecting NYPD to do any work? They exist to keep car seats warm and as a minor tourist attraction only. Jeeez..
Violent criminals, the mentally ill, and homeless people ride the subways for free everyday.
Why should the rest of pay the MTA fares to be assaulted, harassed and threatened by them and then be arrested for defending ourselves when they physically attack us, spit at us, or push us in front of the trains?
Audit the MTA and find out where the money is really going, since the subway stations are always filthy and filled with criminals.
Who cares. Real Mericans wouldn't be seen on any subway. Subways are for poor people, immigrants and commies.
Fare beating is rampant, just as tax evasion was before Reagan. But by making the tax system appear fair (and less complicated), Reagan got more people to pay. If folks think the fare is unfair, they will jump (or open the door for their elders). It's not just the minorities, the immigrants are worse. The most SBS fines are issues on the Q44SBS, And yet only the express bus is unsubsidized, the rest of the fares never cover the cost. And I know someone who got a temporary disability Metrocard. Then they didn't renew it because the clinic only gave him computer printout, not letterhead. And the money he put in the disabled card was never returned to him. The clownswit yuckers think the joke is on us. And all sorts of social service bullycraps, recent grads from out of town, tell their welfare clients to beat the fare.
Here in the great Swamp of Florida, or beloved leader is joining with his favorite Twit to show the world that his personality is more wonderful than a folded cardboard box.
Jump the turnstiles, never pay the toll
Doo-wah diddy and bust in with the pre-roll
Some people here seem to have Biden derangement syndrome.
Lhota hiked and you preferred him to Johnny Gats. so now go and support the next hikers
The ride isn't worth a buck. For your $2.75 now you get to ride with every EDP and psycho and smelly homeless bum. Not mention you take your life in your hands every time you ride the subway.
But according to our clueless mayor it's just your perception that crime is out of control. Tell that to the poor woman who had her head pushed into the side of a moving subway car and is now paralyzed for the rest of her life. Eric your way in over your head with this mayoral things. This isn't 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement who care and you can't play the race card for all your failures.
With the soft on crime policy we all pay for it.
Fare beating results in higher fares.
Shoplifting results in higher prices, stores closing pushing us to spend more on gas to travel to another store.
@"The MTA is losing billions of $$$ with our Woke Criminal Justice System."
Speaking of woke, I see that Elon Musk is doing really well with his new endeavors now that he "fired" all his "woke" employees.
2023 the Summer of POVERTY and DESPAIR !
"QAnon creep will manage to blame it on Biden" No just the Voters who put him in office !
Chaulk another one up on the “Trump was right” checklist.
So despite slamming us with bank-breaking congestion pricing, and despite tolls, unlike fares, have gone up since multiple times 2019, they still want to increase tolls on top of everything else?!
$2.90 is still a bargain. Too bad that a bunch of right wing Trumpanzees will whine and cry about everything. Is it a mental affliction ?
Inflation was caused by Trump Tarriffs
Queens crap is getting crappier every day. Sad…
Where's Sandy's input on the fare increase ?
I was under the impression that the congestion pricing law that went into effect for Manhattan was supposed to bail out the MTA buses and Subway so what do they plan on using that money for if they're raising the cost of a fair
Is this part of the New Green Deal ?
Keep up the "good" work NY and CA both shining examples of how not to handle things !
‘YOU’RE PUT LAST’ - and yet you keep voting for inept Democrat IMBECILES! Whose fault is that, stupid?
NYC is getting what they voted for by the bus load. I don't see why they are upset, they wanted it and now they have it!
Is this cancerous site finally coming to an end?
Trump/Kennedy 2024
Here in the great swamp of Florida, we just had another traditional American Memorial weekend, complete with a traditional shootout at the beach.
Bet you can't have that in Queens?
Italian and Irish east coast plutocrats need money for their children's alcohol and drug habits
Twelve days without a post.
This blog has turned into SHIT.
Bring back the original Crapper!
Does anyone have a milk carton with Crapper's Mug on it? Where is Crapper?
Either Crappers on his/her honeymoon, on vacation or got a job on location.
Did someone say "Jewish Space Lasers" ?
I can only presume that JQLLC returned to its native Russia.
Ding-dong, this site is dead.
Hi, JQ LLC here.
I apologize for the absence here, but I've been working longer hours and haven't had time to post. I haven't posted much on my own blog Impunity City either. I know I've been tweeting a bit much but that's because it's more convenient for me. I'll be posting again real soon, but not as often as in the past.
Thank you JQ !
I missed the #BLUEANON troll like a sore thumb !
Long Live Crappie !
All Blue City/State Govenment, sad very sad...
I'll be posting again real soon, but not as often as in the past.
Then find someone who can do the job.
On its own, Queens would be one of the largest cities in the USA. The county deserves better than a part-time blogger.
@Anon re: who can do the job
Well you can pay me and I'll have the time.
Seriously. I'll be starting a gofundme soon. The press isn't doing enough.
@“ Then find someone to do the job….”
Typical Right wing TrumpTurd. Want everything for free, want people to work for peanuts, want to cry day in day out.
Sad…
@ "Is this part of the New Green Deal"
This country under this administration is losing out to the rest of the world because all of their plans are politically motivated. How do they expect us to power EV’s? Where does the electricity come from to power these vehicles. Renewable is not at the capacity to power tomorrow. Hopefully it comes, but not as fast as the fantasy thinking of Biden and Green New Deal/Bike Zeolots.
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