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MetroCard Vending Machine (MVM) The fares for services operated under the brands of MTA Regional Bus (New York City Bus, MTA Bus), New York City Subway (NYC Subway), Staten Island Railway (SIR), PATH, Roosevelt Island Tramway, AirTrain JFK, NYC Ferry, and the suburban bus operators Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) and Westchester County Bee-Line System (Bee-Line) are listed below.
In 2013, the NICE bus system obtained a "windfall" from increased New York State aid of $5 million and $3 million from a fare increase for MetroCard bus riders. [60] In March 2014, the NICE bus system faced another $3.3 million budget deficit. [60] At that time, the bus system expected an additional $1.2 million in state aid. [60]
For example, with a pay-per-ride fare of $2.75 and a weekly unlimited MetroCard cost of $33 (as of October 2021), a passenger would still pay $2.75 per trip if they made 12 or fewer trips in a week; under the proposal, they would pay no more than $33 within a week, even if they made 13 or more trips. [156]
Pre-loaded SmartLink cards with 10 trips are available at all stations for $31.00 (10 trips at $2.60 each, plus a $5.00 card fee). However, MetroCard Vending Machines (MVMs) at all PATH stations are able to refill the SmartLink cards to a monetary amount equal to 1, 2, 4, 10, 20 and 40 trips as well as the daily or 30 day unlimited passes.
By 2024, MetroCard will be discontinued and all Bee-Line passengers will then use OMNY. The Reduced-Fare MetroCard Program will also be converted over to OMNY." [9] For certain periods during the summer and winter of 2022, the buses were fare-free. [10] As of the summer of 2023, buses are fare free until Labor Day 2023.
All fares are in US dollars, and the following fare policy applies to all New York City Transit, MTA Bus, NICE, and Bee-Line (except for the BxM4C) buses. Up to three children who are 5 years old or younger get to ride free provided that they are accompanied by a fare-paying rider. The Q70 route has not charged a fare since May 2022.
In 1946, costs rose and profits turned to losses, and to obtain needed funds, the fare was raised in 1948 to ten cents on the subways and elevated, and to seven cents on the surface lines. This increase only produced a revenue surplus for a single year. In 1951 a uniform ten-cent fare was established on both the rapid transit and surface lines.
[123] [124] In 1993, MTA started testing the MetroCard, a magnetic stripe card that would replace the tokens used to pay fares. [125] By 1997, the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard, [126] and tokens were no longer accepted for fare payment in 2003. [123] [124] A different fare payment system is used on the LIRR and Metro-North.