February 27, 2008

Multi-ride MetroCard fares rising as of March 2

Starting Sunday, New York City subway and bus fares will rise for all multi-use MetroCards.

However, the $2 per-ride base fare will remain the same.

The new plan, which basically reduces the discount that automatically kicks in when you put at least $10 on your MetroCard, will also sometimes result in residual cash remaining on the cards. Or if you want to avoid the extra contribution to the MTA, you can head to a bodega and buy the new "oddball" priced cards, according to the Daily News, such as $17.39 for a 10-ride-card.

Prices for the new subway cards as of March 2, 2008:
1-Day Fun Pass: $7.50
7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard: $25
14-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard: $47
30-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard: $81

The Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard, which currently gives a 20 percent break on every $10, will drop to a 15 discount. That means the cost per ride rises to $1.74 from $1.67.

The tolls and fares are rising elsewhere as well.

On Saturday, fares rise on the Long Island RailRoad and MetroNorth trains.

On March 16, bridge and tunnel tolls rise for cash-paying drivers and EZPass users.

Earlier: Subway ridership climbed to 1.56 billion in 2007
Subway fare increase and congestion pricing advance
1 train ranks No. 1 in NYC, cars cleaner systemwide

February 27, 2008 07:17 AM in Transportology

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