Unfair fares! NYC subway, bus, rail fares set to rise in March
Millions of commuters and visitors will have to pay more to ride the city’s subways and buses early next year, and hundreds of thousands of drivers and railroad passengers also will face higher costs to commute.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved the fare increases Wednesday, though several members said they did so reluctantly in the face of what they characterized as insufficient state support and a lack of success finding other sources of money.
“We are not the fat, profligate, out-of-control agency that people make the MTA out to be. We’ve done everything we can to control costs,” board Chairman Joseph Lhota said. “I agree with everyone that our riders pay too much of the cost.”