Citizens Budget Commission

Mayor Mamdani and the City Council will expand the city's half-priced transit fare program — but eligible New Yorkers will still need to apply for the subsidy on their own.

Expanding the city's half-priced transit subsidy to cover New Yorkers making 250 percent of the federal poverty level could unlock cheaper subway and bus trips for 760,000 people and cost just $146 million.

The Trump administration controls the future of Penn Station — but wants New York to pay for it.

Some costs were provided, but outside observers were baffled why the MTA neglected to say how much the repair and refresh part would cost.

The city will raise the base fare on the NYC Ferry system by nearly 50 percent, but in doing so, Adams said he would shore up the service and make it more equitable with reduced fares for low-income residents.

MTA efficiency does not stack up very well compared to cousin transit agencies around the country and the globe, a new report shows.

But Corey Johnson doubles-down on his call for city control of the transit system in an exciting Hunter College panel on Wednesday night.

For customers, the price of a trip on Access-A-Ride, the MTA's service for New Yorkers with disabilities, is the same as a subway fare. But for the MTA, the cost of providing the service is much higher. At $72.65 per trip (the cost has risen since 2014, when the figures for the above table were compiled), Access-A-Ride is the most expensive paratransit system to operate in the nation. The high costs of the program eat into the MTA's ability to provide subway and bus service.

The fight over how to fund the MTA's next capital plan is just starting to heat up, with worries over disappearing federal dollars, ever-expanding debt, and proposals for new revenue sources. Before the funding discussion gets going in earnest, a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission [PDF] begs the region's transportation policymakers to take a step back and consider a more fundamental question: Does this plan prioritize the right things?