It’s not as if I’ve been living under a rock - I knew that the fare hike was coming, I guess I just didn’t want to believe it.

On March 1st, I was in Grand Central picking up my monthly ticket to Fordham (where I work) and the price had been jacked up to $143! That’s a lot of money for a 17 minute ride to work (which is hardly ever on time), and that doesn’t include the $76 for a 30-day MetroCard. Now I’m up to $219 each month to get to work. So, when a NY Times reporter who was writing an article on the fare hike asked if I thought it was worth it, all I could say was that it was ridiculous.

But, what can you do? It costs too much to take a cab everywhere, and it doesn’t pay to have a car in the city. I think I may just have to start working in the city again just to save some money. I can think of PLENTY of other things I would rather spend the money on.

I wonder though… why do these newspapers ask commuters if the fare hike is worth it? Are they really going to find anyone that thinks so? I even overheard 2 Metro North workers talking about how insane the fare hike was.

I guess I’ll have to wait until the article comes out in Sunday’s paper to see.

You can check out the new fares for NYC Transit, MTA Bus, LIRR and Metro North here.

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