It will officially cost you 10 more cents to ride New York City subways and buses starting in January. On Tuesday, the MTA Board voted 11-0, with two abstentions, to approve fare hikes raising the base fare from $2.90 to $3. Reduced fares will go up from $1.45 to $1.50 and express bus fares from $7 to $7.25. The agency did scale back increases to its 7-day fare-capping program from $36 to $35 in response to rider feedback .

The 7-day rolling fare cap, which lets riders pay for 12 rides in a 7-day period and then ride free for the rest of the week, is becoming permanent. With the new fare, no customer will pay more than $17.50 in a week, while reduced-fare riders will pay no more than $8.75. The program now replaces the MTA’s 30-day unlimited fare option as the only way to get unlimite

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