(Newsday.com posted the following Associated Press news brief on its website on March 7.)
NEW YORK — Here are some specifics of the MTA fare plan announced Thursday:
— Subway and regular bus fares will go from $1.50 to $2. Express bus fares will go from $3 to $4.
— The seven-day unlimited-ride MetroCard will rise from $17 to $21, and the 30-day unlimited MetroCard will go from $63 to $70. The one-day unlimited pass will go from $4 to $7.
— A person who buys a $10 card will get a free ride, or six rides for the price of five. Under the current system, a person buying a $15 card gets 11 rides for the price of 10.
— A program anticipated to start in September will allow customers who pay a small fee to have lost or stolen 30-day cards replaced.
— The subway token will be phased out.
— Up to 62 part-time service booths will be closed _ 21 in Manhattan, 23 in Brooklyn, 12 in Queens and six in the Bronx.
— Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad fares will increase an average of 25 percent.
— An increase of 50 cents on some MTA bridges and tunnels and 25 cents on others.