Next stop: riders’ wallets.
The MTA’s 2011 fare plan sounds the death knell for one- and 14-day MetroCards and increases tolls for bridges and tunnels — the major ones by 50 cents and the minor crossings by a quarter.
And after public hearings — probably in September — the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will decide between plans for weekly and monthly MetroCards.
* For the weekly: a fare increase from $27 to $28, with a 22-trip limit on rides; or an increase to $29, with no limit.
* For the monthly: a fare increase from $89 to $99 with a 90-trip limit; or a whopping increase to $104, with no limit.
Also, the pay-per-ride bonus will plummet from 15 percent to seven percent.
The board will vote tomorrow to send the plan to public hearings.
The board’s final vote is expected in December.
Top brass said they will also factor in two years of no raises for every union that represents its workers, which would take effect as contracts expire, sources said.
Contracts with unions representing Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road are up this year, and MTA head Jay Walder will soon go to the negotiating table.
The TWU Local 100 contract, which covers 35,000 subway and bus workers, will expire in 2011.
Both the fare hikes and union crackdown are part of the agency’s scramble to save millions.
For all of 2010, the MTA is facing an $800 million budget shortfall — half of which it made up with service cuts enacted earlier this year.
The overall fare hike will be 7.5 percent, reaping about $425 million.
As The Post first reported, straphangers will also be hit with a $1 surcharge every time they order up a new MetroCard, instead of refilling an old one.
The MTA now prints 170 million MetroCards each year, at a cost of $14 million — and wants to save as much of that money as possible.
MTA officials said they want to ax the one-day unlimited pass because it’s a target for scammers who stand at turnstiles selling rides.
Only 0.8 percent of paying riders use it, while 2 percent of riders use the 14-day.