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New York City subway riders and local rail commuters and motorists will all pay higher fares and tolls next year as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday approved increases to raise revenues about 3.85 percent.
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The Yankees are paying more in luxury tax than the Tampa Bay Devil Rays spent on their payroll. New York is required to pay $25,026,352, according to a Dec. 21 memorandum that was sent to all major league teams.
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New York City is spending more money overseas to try to lure millions of tourists.
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New rules require New York City's yellow taxicabs to accept credit cards from passengers, but some drivers are balking, because of concern over credit-card processing fees and the prospect of smaller tips.
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By Nicole Warburton and Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Three major transit projects made the top 10 out of a list of 34 transportation projects that could be funded by a quarter-cent sales tax hike.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority(MTA), the agency responsible for public transit in Greater New York area, is lowering its projected fare increases and will not lay off employees, officials said Thursday.
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The money needed to treat ailing ground zero workers could soar to $20 million a month by the end of this year, up from about $6 million a month now.
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A Bangladeshi immigrant put himself in the driver's seat by  paying a record $360,000 at a city auction Monday for a New  York taxi medallion, which is required by the city to own a  taxicab. Most cabdrivers in the city work for taxi fleets or  lease time from a medallion owner.
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Federal money will be used for a Long Island Rail Road connection to Grand Central Terminal and for a Second Avenue subway.
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New York state voters oppose a plan by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to impose fees on drivers in Manhattan, but they would support it if the money raised staves off hikes in tolls and transit fares, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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Travelers will have to pay up to $10 more for a roundtrip ticket on UAL Corp's  United Airlines and $14 more on Continental Airlines , as the airlines seek to offset the rising cost of jet fuel.
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(1010 WINS) (NEWARK) NJ Transit&#39;s executive director on Thursday said the agency&#39;s 400,000 daily riders should expect fare hikes of up to 15 percent starting in July to offset a projected $50 million deficit caused by higher fuel and security costs and
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New Yorkers who blithely cross the  street listening to an iPod or talking on a cell phone could  soon face a $100 fine.
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Drivers have been paying about 10 cents more for a gallon of gas since Dec. 31.
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Bus, train and light rail passengers may face a fare increase of as much as 15 percent next summer as New Jersey Transit seeks to avert a potential $65 million budget gap, state transportation officials said on Thursday.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority today proposed creating a new fare structure for subways and buses that would make it cheaper to travel during off-peak periods.
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A panel in charge of solving the chronic gridlock plaguing New York City made its final recommendations Thursday, offering a scaled-back version of the original plan but still proposing an $8 charge on cars entering the most traffic-choked parts of Manhattan.