Page 5 - Fare Increase News Today

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is asking for the public to provide feedback on its proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget. The authority said its budget includes drastic service cuts, fare increases, layoffs and other “severe” cost-cutting measures. WMATA is facing an unprecedented $750 million budget shortfall in the […]

The proposal comes as the agency faces a $120 million fiscal cliff and a nearly $1 billion shortfall the next year, amid lagging ridership

Gov. Phil Murphy came to office raising taxes on the wealthy or businesses, but now he may raise costs on others.

Revenues are way down, expenses are way up, and the MBTA is also under an enormous pile of debt.

The new year is a season of change for many things. Among those is a looming TriMet fare increase that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024.

The Board of County Commissioners has authorized Johnson County Transit to add a fare increase to it's micro-transit service.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Changes are coming to BART fares in the new year, the transit agency announced on Monday. Beginning on Jan. 1, fares across the system will increase by 5.5%, raising the average fare by about 23 cents to $4.43, BART said. Riders taking a 12-mile trip from downtown Berkeley to Embarcadero would […]

It’s part of a two-year plan that was passed in 2021.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday said it is likely to approve a provisional fare increase for public utility jeepneys (PUJs) before the end of the year.

NEW YORK — The long-dreaded MTA bus and subway fare hikes take effect Sunday, and New York City commuters are on the express train to frustrated. “The trains are not reliable. The subway is nothing for New Yorkers to be proud of,” said Kayla Vasquez, 25, an art teacher from Manhattan who took a train Friday night to see friends in Brooklyn. “We’re already paying more everything from our food ...