Subway Fares

Albany Fails to Prevent Fare Hike, Riders Stuck Wtih the Bill

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

John Petro

Every 40 cents of your subway fare is being used to pay for past borrowing, a result of the poor decisions of Albany lawmakers. Now these poor decisions have resulted in the worst service cuts in a generation.

UNFARE: Get Ready For Price Hikes, MetroCard Changes

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's transit agency on Wednesday proposed fare increases of more than 16 percent for monthly subway and bus passes and 9 percen...

Fare-Beaters Cost NYC Transit $27 MILLION Last Year, Analysis Finds

New York Daily News | PETE DONOHUE | Posted 05.25.2011

For years, NYC Transit has wildly underestimated how often riders beat the fare, which cheats the cash-crunched agency out of millions of dollars, the...

NYC Subway Fares: Agency Votes To Raise To $2.50

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Officials running the nation's largest mass transit system voted Wednesday to impose steep fare hikes and painful service cuts to clo...