Transit systems across the country are feeling financially squeezed, and many are passing the pain along to riders through fare hikes. New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, the nation’s largest system, has just raised the cost of its monthly passes, the second such increase for the city’s straphangers in two years.
The Metro in D.C. will raise rates on July 1, and some other systems across the country are considering following suit over the course of the year.