Fare Hike
Looking Into The Next MTA Fare Hike
There are two words that scare just about any rider regardless of what service branch of the MTA they use, fare hike. Unfortunately those two words will be tossed around a lot for the remainder of the year & into the next as the MTA dishes one out across the board in an attempt to […]
Single Ride MetroCards Will Rise To $2.50
Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days, the biggest news in the world of local mass transit was the potential specifics of the 2011 fare hike. Some of the biggest info to come from recent reports included a $1 surcharge tax on MetroCards, the elimination of off-peak fares on commuter […]
Monthly MetroCard Could Be Capped At 90 Trips
Three days ago, the New York Post broke the story about the potential specifics of the MTA fare hike that will take place in 2011. The initial headline took aim at the “MetroCard Tax” that would come from a $1 surcharge for riders purchasing a new MetroCard from a vending machine instead of refilling an […]
MTA Statement On 2011 Fare Hike
Shortly after Tom Namako of the New York Post had his report on potential facets of the MTA’s 2011 Fare Hike plan published, the MTA issued a statement. Here is what I received: The rescue agreement reached with the Governor and Legislature last spring called for a 7.5% increase in revenues from MTA fares and […]
2011 Fare Hike To Have MetroCard Tax?
This might be the case according to a report by the New York Post this morning which dropped this bombshell among others in reporting on the 2011 fare hike. At the end of the last month, MTA CEO & Board Chairman Jay Walder announced that there would be no fare hikes this year even with […]
