Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fare Hikes

Just walking onto the bus: Cheaper than you might have thought? Photo: Kevin Duggan

State Pols Reveal ‘Urgent And Necessary’ Plan To Fund Free MTA Buses

By Dave Colon | Dec 14, 2022 | No Comments

Two Queens state lawmakers revealed a financing plan for free buses in New York City on Wednesday, staking out their spot before Albany's budget dance starts in January next year.

EXCLUSIVE: Fair Fares to Roll Out on OMNY Next Year But Enrollment Still Lags

By Kevin Duggan | Oct 26, 2022 | No Comments

The city's Fair Fares program providing half-priced MetroCards to low-income New Yorkers will transition to the MTA's OMNY payment system next year, Streetsblog has learned.

A worker cleaned a train as the MTA began its overnight closures on May 6.
Photo: Patrick Cashin / Metropolitan Transportation Authority

OPINION: Gov. Cuomo Must Stop the Racially Disproportionate Overnight Subway Closure

By Julian Briggs | Jan 11, 2021 | No Comments

The measure amounts to a racially disproportionate assault on the livelihood of Black and brown communities, a budding planner argues in a clarion call op-ed.

File photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

OPINION: To Save the Subway, Tax the Ultra-Wealthy

By Dan Quart | Nov 26, 2020 | No Comments

New York needs to make the billionaires who disproportionately benefit from government to pay their fair share, a lawmaker argues.

The Budget Pain: Mayor’s Fair Fares Cut Falls Heavily on Lower-Income Transit Riders

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio confirmed on Tuesday that he had cut $65 million from the projected $200-million Fair Fares program.

Yes, it's sometimes crowded, but the subway is the solution.

The MTA Needs More Money. Will It Get It?

By Dave Colon | Oct 16, 2019 | No Comments

"Cash-strapped" is not just a cute adjective that always precedes the noun "MTA." It's a harsh reality.

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