The MTA is proposing increasing the base subway and bus fare to $2.90 — a 5% hike over the current $2.75 cost of a ride.
The agency will increase seven-day MetroCards by a dollar to $34 — a 3% increase — and a $5 increase in monthly passes to $132.
The hike seeks to raise 4% more fare revenue for the MTA, following an influx of $65 million in the state budget meant to ward off a 5.5% fare increase.
The increase is expected to take place by Labor Day, MTA officials said at board committee meeting on Monday.
The MTA says it’s in-house data shows New Yorkers making under $68,000 a year use the seven-day pass more than any other option, hence the discounted weekly MetroCard.
“We haven’t had increases in a long time,” MTA Finance Committee chair Neal Zuckerman said Monday. “This is a reasonable increase given inflation.
“It is in keeping with what we did for at least a decade — having predictable, 4% every two year increases,” he said. “Let us not forget, ladies and gentlemen, our ridership is 30 percentage points lower than pre-pandemic.”
The proposal also involves a 6% to 10% hike in tolls to cross MTA’s bridges and tunnels. In total, the increases are expected to raise $305 million for the agency.
The MTA is expected to vote on the increase in July, after public hearings in June.