NYC commuters can expect a sliver of relief at the turnstile, as the MTA revised its ongoing fare hike proposal to lower the price of its seven-day subway and bus fare cap.

The new proposal cuts the unlimited OMNY fare cap price by $1. The now $34 cap will increase to $35, instead of the two-dollar increase to $36 that the MTA proposed in July.

Under the cap, customers pay for 12 rides in a seven-day period; all rides after that are free. At the proposed base fare, no rider would pay more than $35 in a week. Reduced-fare customers would pay no more than $17.50 in a week.

The MTA also announced changes to the plan to increase commuter rail fares. All one-way mobile and paper commuter rail tickets for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will expire at 4 a.m. the following day. This

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