STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Traveling around New York City is now more expensive, as both MTA and Port Authority fare and toll increases went into effect Sunday morning.
Starting Sunday, Jan. 4, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority increased tolls at its crossings — like the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and Robert F. Kennedy Bridge — from $6.94 to $7.46.
The MTA has also said that resident discount programs, like the Staten Island Resident Program, would still apply to these new tolls.
Also starting Sunday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey increased tolls at crossings like the Outerbridge, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge between 4% and 5%.
Off-peak tolls at crossings like the Outerbridge, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge increased from $14.06 to $14.79. Peak hour tolls jump from $16.06 to $16.79.
Borough residents enrolled in the Staten Island Bridges Plan — which offers a 50% discount on the peak E-ZPass toll — will now pay $8.40 after making three trips in a single month.
This is up from the $8.03 that Staten Islanders enrolled in the saving plan paid through 2025. Finally, Tolls by Mail users will see an increase in 2026 from $22.38 to $23.30.
Similarly, new tolls from Port Authority of New York and New Jersey went into effect Sunday morning.
Fare increase
The toll increases coincided with the MTA raising public transit fares in New York City on Sunday.
Buses and subways now cost $3 as opposed to $2.90. On express buses, the current $7 base fare became $7.25 per trip.
When the increases were first announced, the MTA said they were necessary to keep pace with inflation and revenue goals for the transit agency.