MTA Fare Increases Reduced

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted this morning to rescind its prior slate of fare increases and institute a less onerous fare schedule.
The changes were instituted over the objection of some board members from the northern and Long Island reaches of the MTA service region.
The reductions in fare increases come because the state Legislature recently — finally and after much public back and forth — approved a package of taxes and fees to bring the public benefit corporation more revenue.