If you’re a straphanger or motorist, get ready to dish out more money as a new MTA hike goes into effect this Sunday, March 19.
The hike was approved by the MTA in January.
|
Fare Types |
Current |
New Fare |
Alternate Option Not Selected |
|
Base MetroCard Fare/Local Bus Cash Fare/AAR |
$2.75 |
$2.75 |
$3.00 |
|
Metro Card Bonus Effective Fare with Bonus |
$2.48 |
$2.62 |
$2.59 |
|
Single Ride Ticket |
$3.00 |
$3.00 |
$3.25 |
|
Express Bus Cash MetroCard Fare w/ bonus |
$6.50 $5.86 |
$6.50 $6.19 |
$7.00 $6.03 |
|
30 Day Pass |
$116.50 |
$121 |
$121 |
|
7 Day Pass |
$31 |
$32 |
$32 |
From the MTA:
“The majority of Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad customers will see weekly and monthly passes increase 3.75% or less, with rises to monthly tickets capped at $15. Intermediate monthly and weekly ticket increases are also capped at 3.75%. Some one-way fares will have larger increases only because fares must occur in 25-cent increments. For these one-way fares, any increase greater than 6 percent would be not more than 50 cents per ride; West of Hudson customers will see a 2% increase in fares; City Ticket remains unchanged at $4.25.
Tolls will rise less than 25 cents for cars crossing MTA Bridges and Tunnels facilities and using a New York Customer Service Center (NYCSC) E-ZPass, 73% of total crossings. Customers who pay with cash, Tolls by Mail or a non-NYCSC E-ZPass will see increases of 6.3% to 9.1%. This proposal is consistent with the MTA policy to increase the price differential between cash and E-ZPass to encourage E-ZPass use, which is the least expensive way to collect and pay tolls.”
The following table summarizes these changes:
| Crossing | Current | New Toll |
| Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Hugh L. Carey Tunnel Queens Midtown |
||
| Car NYCSC E-ZPass Toll
Car Cash/Tolls by Mail/Non-NYCSC E-ZPass |
$5.54
$8 |
$5.76
$8.50 |
| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | (Toll collected in one direction only) | |
| Car NYCSC E-ZPass Toll Non-Resident
Car Cash/Tolls by Mail/Non-NYCSC E-ZPass Resident less than 3 trips per month Resident 2 or more trips per month |
$11.08
$16 $6.60 $5.50 w. rebate $6.24 $5.50 w/rebate |
$11.52
$17 $6.84 $5.74 w/ rebate $6.48 $5.74 w/ rebate1 |
| Henry Hudson Bridge | ||
| Car Tolls By Mail/Non-NYCSC E-ZPass | $5.50 | $6 |
| Car NYCSC E-ZPass Toll | $2.54 | $2.64 |
| Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge |
||
| Car NYCSC E-ZPass Toll
Car Cash Rockaway Resident E-ZPass Toll |
$2.08
$4 $1.36 |
$2.16
$4.25 $1.41 |
Literally highway robbery!!
that’s it!!! sound like selling u the bridge