Subway and bus rides around New York City will now cost more.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority unanimously voted on Wednesday for fare and toll increases that would go into effect in August.
Among the new fares would be a base fare of $2.90 for both subways and buses, a 15-cent increase. A single-ride ticket will cost $3.25, while an unlimited ticket would cost $132 a month, up $5 from the current price.
The new fares will mark the first time that commuters see a price hike in the nation's largest mass transit system since before the pandemic. The MTA raised fares in 2019, but only on weekly and monthly MetroCards. The "base" subway fare was not raised at that time, nor was it raised in 2017, but most commuters don't pay the single-rise base fare anyway, so most experienced the increase four years ago.
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E-ZPass tolls on bridges and tunnels are set to increase from $6.55 to $6.94 as of Aug. 6 — two weeks earlier than the mass transit fare increases being implemented on Aug. 20. The MTA also approved the toll increases unanimously on Wednesday.
Commuter rail fares would increase as well, going up from $250 per month to $260 for LIRR and Metro-North riders. However, the MTA recently announced a fare freeze for Metro-North riders west of the Hudson River. That freeze is set to go before the transit authority's board for approval.
The fare increase comes days after the MTA said it would begin its fare free bus pilot on five routes -- one in each borough -- by late September. To see what lines would be made free, click here.
A panel of experts were scheduled to meet Wednesday night to decide the next major increase commuters will face: congestion pricing. That plan will start in 2024 for drivers entering Manhattan south of 60th Street.
MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said that state law will help guide the review board's decisions, saying that it "complies with the state law on revenue with as low a toll as possible."
