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NEW MTA FARE HIKES & SERVICE CUTS

Fare hikes the MTA board has approved:

— Single subway or bus ride: From $2 to $2.50

— 1-day unlimited MetroCard: From $7.50 to $9.50

— 7-day unlimited MetroCard: From $25 to $31

— 14-day unlimited MetroCard: From $47 to $59

— 30-day unlimited MetroCard: From $81 to $103

— Express bus cash fare: From $5 to $6.25

— 7-day unlimited express bus pass: From $41 to $51

— Access-a-Ride: From $2 to $2.50 per ride

— Cash toll on major bridges and tunnels: From $5 to $6.50

— E-Zpass toll on major bridges and tunnels: From $4.15 to $5.26

— Cash toll on minor bridges and tunnels: From $2.50 to $3.25

— E-ZPass toll on minor bridges: $1.55 to $1.96

— Long Island bus: From $2 per ride to $3.50

When the new fares will be enacted:

May 31: Bus and subway fares increase

June 1: Metro-North and LIRR fares increase

July: Bridge and Tunnel tolls increase

July: Cuts to dozens of bus routes

December: Cram in 18 more people per subway car

Summer to year’s end: 1,100 layoffs

Service Cuts:

Subway:

–W is eliminated

–Z is eliminated

–G is shortened

–M is shortened

–Late-night N skips 5 stations in Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn

–18 more people per subway car

–Waits of at least 10 minutes longer for late-night subways

NYC bus service

Manhattan

–Eliminated: M6, 8, 10, 18, 27, 30, and X25

–Eliminated: weekend service on M21, 22, and 50

–Eliminated: overnight service on M1, 2, 16, 22, 23, 42, 50, 66, 79, 96, 102, 103, and 104 Reduced hours or rerouted: M1, M9, M11, M15, M20, M21, M100, 116, and 104

Brooklyn

–Eliminated: B23, 25, 37, 39, 51, and 75

–Eliminated: B2, 4, 7, 16, 24, 48, 57, 65, 69, 71, X27, and X28

–Eliminated: overnight service on B7, 14, 31, 45, 48, 57, 64, 65, 67, and 77.

–Reduced hours on B2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 16, 69, 70, and 71 Eliminate part of the B13 route

Bronx

–Eliminated: all service on the Bx4, 14, 20, 34, BxM7B, and the Barretto Park Pool Shuttle

–Eliminated: weekend service on Bx8, 18, 30, and 33

–Eliminated: overnight service on Bx10

–Reduced operating hours or routes on Bx33, Bx26, 28, and 30

Queens

–Eliminated: Q26, 56, 74, 75, 84, QM22, QM23, and X32

–Eliminated: weekend service on Q14, 31, 76, and 79

–Eliminated: overnight service on Q30

–Reduced operating hours or cut parts of Q42, Q48, Q79, Q24

Staten Island

–Eliminated: weekend service on S42, 54, 57, 60, and 76 –Reduced weekday service on S54, 57, 60, and 66

Long Island Bus

–Eliminated: all service on N51, 53, 65, 66, 67, 80, 87, and 93

–Eliminated: sections of weekday N2 service to Jamaica

Metro-North

–Eliminated: off-peak Harlem Line Southeast-bound Train Nos. 683 and 693

–Eliminated: off-peak New Haven-bound Train Nos. 1532 and 1569

Long Island Rail Road

–Eliminated: weekend service on West Hempstead Branch

–Reduced: some weekday and weekend service on the Port Washington Branch from half-hourly to hourly

–Eliminated: service to Belmont Station except for Belmont Stakes day