The MTA has decided to raise subway fare to $3
By Will Pulos Posted: Thursday January 19 2017, 4:04pm
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Second Avenue Subways and light-up bridges aren’t going to pay for themselves!
After considering a plan that would keep the price of a Metrocard swipe at $2.75, MTA officials have decided to recommend increasing the fare by a quarter reports the Daily News.
In exchange for shelling out an extra 25 cents every time you take the subway, the round-trip bonuses on Metrocards will increase from 11% to 16%.
The other option the MTA was considering would have kept the fare at the same price, but the 11% round-trip bonus on a card would have decreased to 5%.
At least three is a nice round number?
Source: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/the-mta-has-decided-to-raise-subway-fare-to-3-011917