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Oct 17, 2007 1:38 pm US/Eastern

NY Lawmakers Urge MTA To Scrap Plan For Fare Hike

NEW YORK (AP) ― Lawmakers and transit advocates want to take a proposed fare hike in New York City off the table.

Four state senators wrote the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Wednesday asking to scrap the plan to raise subway fares and tolls next year. They joined transit advocates at a news conference to urge the MTA to take the proposal off its board agenda for December.

The MTA is looking at two ways to raise fares; both proposals raise bus and subway fares from $2 to $2.25, but one would add a new pay-per-ride MetroCard that lowers fares if riders travel during off-peak periods. Toll increases are also planned for the city's bridges and tunnels.

The agency is holding public forums next month on the proposed hikes.

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