Fare increases take place on May 31st. Single fares will rise to $2.50 (from $2) and a monthly MetroCard will go up to $103 (from $81).
There will also be wide service cuts. A total of 35 bus routes will be eliminated along with the W and Z subway lines. Off-peak service is also to be reduced on subways, buses, LIRR; many bus routes will be cancelled on weekends. The MTA will also lay off 1,100 transit employees.
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This is being called the most drastic cuts to service since the mid-1970's.
The MTA is looking to Albany for a rescue package to help with their $1.2 billion budget deficit. What's known as the Ravitch Plan would funnel revenue to the MTA from bridge and tunnel tolls. The plan is tied up in the senate over disputes about the tolls.
Please write your brain-dead congress(wo)-men in Albany (maybe don’t use that word) to protest this. This is insane. They should be reducing MTA fares and implementing/increasing bridge tolls to decrease traffic.