{"id":267505,"date":"2025-09-30T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/267505\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:43:16","slug":"mta-hiking-bus-subway-fares-to-3-next-year-heres-a-breakdown-of-the-other-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/267505\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA hiking bus, subway fares to $3 next year. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of the other changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  MTA proposing price hikes for January 2026 <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/38d4fb8108c17379439fe352e2893817.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/mta-proposing-price-hikes-for-january-2026\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>          MTA proposing price hikes for January 2026<\/p>\n<p>          02:12<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will soon cost more to get around New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The MTA has approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-subway-fare-hike-public-hearing-mta\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fare and toll increases<\/a> set to take effect in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are the increases:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subway, bus and Access-A-Ride fares rise 10 cents to $3. Reduced fares rise from $1.45 to 1.50.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Express bus fare rises 25 cents to $7.25<\/li>\n<li>Toll rates increase 7.5% at all facilities\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>One-way peak tickets for Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North jump by as much as 4.4%<\/li>\n<li>Monthly and weekly tickets will increase up to 4.5% across LIRR and Metro-North fares<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Because the transit fare is a fraction of the cost of owning a car, New Yorkers spend less on transportation than people in the rest of the country, and we&#8217;re determined to keep it that way,&#8221; said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. &#8220;The modest fare increases approved today &#8212; which are below the rate of inflation &#8212; prioritize value for frequent riders and families while maintaining the MTA&#8217;s bottom line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MTA said if the fare hikes were adjusted to match inflation since 2023, the base fare should be $3.14. \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>In addition, as of 2026:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7-day fare caps with an OMNY card become permanent. No customer will pay more than $35 for subway and bus rides per seven days on a rolling basis. The first 12 rides are charged, the rest are free. That cap will be $17.50 for reduced fare riders.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Prepaid MetroCard weekly, monthly and Express Bus Plus unlimited passes will be retired in favor of the fare cap<\/li>\n<li>The fare cap will also include Express Bus customers, with a cap of $67 in a seven-day period<\/li>\n<li>All payment will move to tap-to-ride. No coins will be accepted on buses as of later in 2026.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Customers can track their trips and charges by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/omny.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OMNY.info<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>New OMNY card fees will rise from $1 to $2<\/li>\n<li>One-way passenger vehicle toll rates will increase between 20-60 cents at bridges and tunnels, including E-ZPass and tolls by mail. Toll discount programs will remain in effect.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/jesse-zanger\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse  Zanger<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular focus on breaking news and extreme weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MTA proposing price hikes for January 2026 MTA proposing price hikes for January 2026 02:12 It will soon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,9904,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-267505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-mta","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115295434151876385","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}