IN THE NEWS---MTA SLAMS COMMUTERS WITH FARE HIKE MONTHS AFTER IMPOSING CONGESTION PRICING: "YOU GUYS ARE PATHETIC"

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to hike subway fares to a whopping $3 Tuesday as part of across-the-board increases set to crunch commuters just months after it imposed a controversial congestion toll in downtown Manhattan.

No one on the authority’s board voted against bumping up the fares from $2.90 beginning in January 2026, when the cash-strapped agency will also hit commuters with increases on the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and on MTA-owned bridges and tunnels. MORE AT MTA slams commuters with fare hike months after imposing congestion pricing: 'You guys are pathetic'