Ticket to ride: Subway's base fare likely to increase, MTA chief says

The base subway fare of $2.25 will likely be raised in the upcoming round of fare hikes, said MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota.

"The base fare probably will go up because if it doesn't go up it has a huge impact on the people who take the monthly passes and the discounted fares," said Lhota this morning on the John Gambling radio show on 710 AM.

Because the majority of the MTA's most frequent riders buy either unlimited ride or discounted pay-per-ride MetroCards, Lhota said the fare hikes should aim to keep those plans low.

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"We should focus on the middle class … and try to minimize the increase," said Lhota.

"They take a seven-day pass, a 30-day pass or use the discount pass and I think we need to focus on how to keep the cost as low as possible for them."

Two of the four fare hike plans the MTA released last week included a higher base rate of $2.50.

One of those plans featured a $112 monthly MetroCard, a $30 weekly, and kept the bonus rate for pay-per-ride plans at seven percent for purchases over $10.

The other plan with the higher base rate included a $109 monthly MetroCard, a $29 seven day pass and axed the discount on pay-per-ride purchases over $10.

Lhota has said that he favors keeping some sort of discount for pay-per-ride MetroCard uses. He has also said that the final fare hike plan might be a hybrid of the ones that have been released.

The current costs for a monthly MetroCard is $104 and $29 for a weekly.

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