On March 3, 2013, MTA subway, bus, commuter rail fares, and tunnel and bridge tolls, all went up in price.
The fare for subways, local buses, SIR, and Access-A-Ride rose to $2.50; the fare for express buses rose from $5.50 to 6.00. A single-ride ticket purchased at a Metro Card machine will now cost $2.75. The MTA says that most commuter rail tickets will increase between 8.2% and 9.3%, depending on the ticket type and distance traveled. The 30-day unlimited-ride Metro Card will cost $112, up from $104. The 7-day unlimited-ride Metro Card will cost $30, up from $29, and the 7-day express bus plus Metro Card will cost $55, up from $50.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I for one am sick of this! It seems like just yesterday tokens cost $1.50. Boy, look how far we’ve come. Now, twenty five cents more, may not seem like a much, but when you make multiple trips along with having other expenses, such as bills and tuition, it sure does add up to a lot.
Oh, how I miss the days of high school, when we were given free metro cards. Now, looking back, I realize what a life saver those things were. What really pisses me off, though, is the fact that you now have to pay an extra dollar to buy a new metro card. Oh, but wait, the MTA was “gracious” enough, to let us exchange our expired, or worn out cards, for a free new one. Um…thanks guys?
What’s worse, is the fact that there are people who are still dealing with the ramifications of Hurricane Sandy. These poor people are already in dept, and now they have to add this to their worries. What disgusts me even more; is that this decision was made AFTER Sandy happened. Many subway tracks aren’t even properly fixed yet, since Sandy destroyed them, but the MTA still has no problem raising prices.
Honestly, I can’t even say I’m shocked by the pay hike. The MTA board has proven time and time again, that they don’t care about their customers. If they did, these pay hikes would never have happened. So, for us, who are without cars of our own, we are left to suffer.
Seriously, get it together MTA!
Unless there is some form of protest from subway, bus or toll paying customers, the MTA will continue to increase fares every other year. Protests and boycotts usually get results.
I completely agree it seems that all they care about is raising the fare. There is always some new deficit that needs to be fixed but really nothing ever changes, the trains are late, run slowly there is always something wrong. I don’t know where the money goes but i haven’t seen it in train stations that are so dirty that i cringe when entering them. So in reality i agree they really need to get it together.
Fast track repairs are the bane of my existence. I agree the MTA needs to do a lot of track work but how does it make sense to do repairs to the local and express tracks of the same lines simultaneously? As an overnight worker, I need at least one line to be working well so my 20-minute commute doesn’t turn into a 2-hour nightmare. For real MTA, GET IT TOGETHER!!!