Fare Hikes for New Rochelle Travelers Using the MTA

Written by Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff)

New fares for travel on MTA trains, subways, buses and bridges go into effect March 22.

This effects anyone going into New York City on Metro North or by car; going around New York City on subways; and people riding Bee Line buses in Westchester County.

This is the second of three fare hikes spread out over five years. The first took place in 2013 and the next will hit riders in 2017.

Look for the following specific changes, MTA officials said:

• The vast majority of fares will increase by 4.25 percent or less.
• For monthly and weekly commuters, all fares to/from Manhattan will increase by no more than 4.25 percent.
• Intermediate fares will increase by an average of approximately 4 percent. (The increases for some one way and ten-trip fares may be higher or lower than 4 percent due to rounding. However, all intermediate fare increases of more than 6 percent will be a maximum of 50 cents per ride.)
• Monthly/Weekly UniTicket Fares will increase by approximately 4 percent.
• The cost of Family Fare tickets will remain unchanged.
• The cost of a City Ticket would increase from $4 to $4.25

Metro North increases

In Zone 3 on the Hudson and Harlem lines, a single off-peak Metro North ticket will rise to $7.75 and a monthly pass will cost $231. Among the stops in Zone 3:

• Bronxville
• Tuckahoe
• Crestwood

Zone 4: single off-peak ticket $8.75; monthly pass $259

• Scarsdale
• Hartsdale
• White Plains
• North White Plains
• Hastings-on-Hudson
• Dobbs Ferry
• Ardsley-on-Hudson
• Irvington

Zone 5: $10.25; $300:

• Valhalla
• Mt. Pleasant
• Hawthorne
• Pleasantville
• Chappaqua
• Tarrytown
• Philipse Manor
• Scarborough
• Ossining
• Croton-Harmon

Zone 6: $12.25; $356:

• Mount Kisco
• Bedford Hills
• Katonah
• Goldens Bridge
• Cortlandt
• Peekskill

Zone 7: $14; $407

• Purdy’s
• Croton Falls
• Brewster
• Southeast
• Manitou
• Garrison
• Cold Spring
• Breakneck Ridge

Zone 12 on the New Haven Line: single off-peak ticket $7.75; monthly pass $231

• Mt. Vernon East
• Pelham
• New Rochelle

Zone 13: $8.75; $259

• Larchmont
• Mamaroneck
• Harrison

Zone 14: $9.50; $279

• Rye
• Port Chester

Bee-Line Buses

Fares will increase on all Bee-Line bus routes except the BxM4C Westchester-Manhattan Express:

· Single-ride bus fares will increase to $2.75, from the current $2.50, the same as the authorized increase for New York City subways and buses. For seniors and the disabled with proper IDs, the fare will increase to $1.35, from the current $1.25.

· The 30-day unlimited-ride MetroCard (useable on Bee-Line buses and New York City buses and subways) will increase to $116.50 from the current $112. For seniors and the disabled, the 30-day unlimited–ride Reduced-Fare MetroCard will cost $58.25, up from $56.

· The 7-day unlimited-ride cards will increase to $31, from $30. For seniors and the disabled, the fare will increase to $15.50, up from $15.

· A bonus discount will be available on pay-per-ride MetroCards with a value of at least $5.50. The amount of the discount will increase from 5 percent to 11 percent.

NYC Subways

The cost of a subway ride goes up 25 cents to $2.75.

The MTA also more than doubled the bonus amount added to MetroCard® purchases of at least one round-trip.

The combination of the increased fare and the increased bonus creates an effective fare increase of 10 cents, for the Bonus MetroCard, which is used for 43 percent of trips, MTA officials said.

The 30-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard will increase to $116.50.

The 7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard will increase 3.3 percent to $31.

Bridges and Tunnels

Tolls will rise.

Using a New York Customer Service Center E-ZPass? That’s more than 75 percent of crossings that are made by cars and trucks and that’ll be 4 percent.

Those E-ZPass car tolls will increase 21 cents to $5.54 at major crossings like the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.

The cash cost of bridges like the Throgs Neck and the Whitestone will be $8 one-way.

At the Henry Hudson Bridge, where you cannot pay the toll in cash, the EZ-Pass cost will be $2.54; using Tolls By Mail the cost of a crossing will be $5.50.

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