July 31, 2025 • 5 mins
Natalie hit the streets to find out how New Yorkers feel about the MTA raising prices top ride the subway.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now it's sevent ten wars Beat on the Street with
Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm looking forward to this one. Right after the congestion
pricing money grab, the NTA announces a fair hike. So
what a New Yorkers feel about that? Let's get that
from the Beat on the Street with Natalie Migliori. Natalie, Yeah, good.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Morning, Larry Well. The NCAA spare commuters by skipping over
its plan fare hike that was supposed to go into
effect next month, which is actually tomorrow. But the relief
won't last long. So you're two dollars and ninety cent
rides it Get them in now because you know it's
gonna go up ten cents on January fourth, twenty twenty six.
(00:48):
At least that's the proposal. So what are people thinking?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Terrible yet?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Who wants to pay more money?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
It is what it is.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
There's not much we can do about it.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
It will be more people having any train, so that
doesn't really matter.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
There should be a dollar fifty with the service that
we get no air conditioner.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
I haven't heard that, but for some people, obviously it's
going to be an issue because I mean, rents are
going up people's salaries are not matching what the increases
are in life in general, so that's going to be
problematic for people. But then on the other side of
the coins, some of the increase you go to fix
(01:26):
the system.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Well, the fair bike isn't the only thing the MCA
is counting on to fix the system, Larry, because remember
congestion pricing. At last check, the MTA pulled in nearly
two hundred and twenty million dollars from the toll to
edge of Below Manhattan sixtieth Street. But apparently that's not
enough since they want to raise tolls that other crossings
(01:48):
as well. The congestion pricing toll will stay the same.
So do people think congestion pricing is even going towards
the system now?
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Definitely should have. Even though I don't drive into the city,
it should have because where's that money going to.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I feel like they just use it, you know, to
benefit the city.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
I don't even know are they even still doing a
congestion prices because I haven't really noticed because when it
first started, people were diverting away from the area and
we had less traffic. But now I see it's like
back to normal, So it's kind of hard to tell.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Well, Larry, I'm sure your easy pass bill, just like
mine always tells you congestion pricing is alive and kicking.
But still drivers and riders are going to be left
with a higher bill. So do subway commuters even feel safe?
Speaker 5 (02:39):
No, as in New Yorker, you have to stay with
something to protect yourself because it be too much going on.
I guess trains can be a bit daunting, especially in
the late hours. The train cars are sometimes empty. Sometimes
you have our own house folks that have nowhere else
to go but to stay on the train. So I
guess that could be, you know, kind of fearful for
(03:00):
some people.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
I've never seen a problem where besides the bum there's
dances on the train and that's about it.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
You entertained by that most of the time.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I'm sleeping and I got my headset on.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So you don't dance with them when they come on
the train? Oh no, not at all, well, Larry. Some
say dinner and a show. I say a commute and
a show. But either way, can the MCA do anything
to be deserving of what will soon become a three
dollars ride?
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Well, I think they got to get the bumps off
the trains because we have to pay and they get
on for free and they take up all the seats
and we can't ride comfortable. It's to the smelly or
no space at all that day.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
And they don't deserve my money.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
It should be free. They don't deserve it at all.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
They keep raising the prices, especially for a lot of
delays on the trains, people get them to work late,
things of that nature. I feel like it should be
the same price at least for a good five to
ten years.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Yeah, I don't know where he got that number from.
He didn't really explain why he thought five to ten
years was a good way to keep the prices. But
nothing is said in stone. The proposed changes must be
approved by the MTA board, Larry, so we'll find out
when that happens. And Mayor Eric Adams is riping about
the increase, so we'll see.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know what I've I heard, I heard numbness. I
think people are numb to this stuff now because I
think it's completely obscene that they just made all this
money and congestion pricing and now they're going to raise fares.
What they should be doing is cutting fares. They've made
so much money with congestion pricing. Give people a break.
You want to be loved, You want to be liked.
(04:35):
They don't care. They don't care. They know they have
a monopoly and they can do whatever they want. And
the guys they screw are the little guys and little women,
the people that have to work and they have to
get in by using the subway, and they have to
get in by using the buses. It's it's obscene, but
I think everybody's numb to it. But as you just
(04:57):
heard Natalie Miglio, I'll be back tomorrow more ing at
eight fifty the
Now it's sevent ten wars Beat on the Street with
Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm looking forward to this one. Right after the congestion
pricing money grab, the NTA announces a fair hike. So
what a New Yorkers feel about that? Let's get that
from the Beat on the Street with Natalie Migliori. Natalie, Yeah, good.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Morning, Larry Well. The NCAA spare commuters by skipping over
its plan fare hike that was supposed to go into
effect next month, which is actually tomorrow. But the relief
won't last long. So you're two dollars and ninety cent
rides it Get them in now because you know it's
gonna go up ten cents on January fourth, twenty twenty six.
(00:48):
At least that's the proposal. So what are people thinking?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Terrible yet?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Who wants to pay more money?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
It is what it is.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
There's not much we can do about it.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
It will be more people having any train, so that
doesn't really matter.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
There should be a dollar fifty with the service that
we get no air conditioner.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
I haven't heard that, but for some people, obviously it's
going to be an issue because I mean, rents are
going up people's salaries are not matching what the increases
are in life in general, so that's going to be
problematic for people. But then on the other side of
the coins, some of the increase you go to fix
(01:26):
the system.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Well, the fair bike isn't the only thing the MCA
is counting on to fix the system, Larry, because remember
congestion pricing. At last check, the MTA pulled in nearly
two hundred and twenty million dollars from the toll to
edge of Below Manhattan sixtieth Street. But apparently that's not
enough since they want to raise tolls that other crossings
(01:48):
as well. The congestion pricing toll will stay the same.
So do people think congestion pricing is even going towards
the system now?
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Definitely should have. Even though I don't drive into the city,
it should have because where's that money going to.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I feel like they just use it, you know, to
benefit the city.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
I don't even know are they even still doing a
congestion prices because I haven't really noticed because when it
first started, people were diverting away from the area and
we had less traffic. But now I see it's like
back to normal, So it's kind of hard to tell.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Well, Larry, I'm sure your easy pass bill, just like
mine always tells you congestion pricing is alive and kicking.
But still drivers and riders are going to be left
with a higher bill. So do subway commuters even feel safe?
Speaker 5 (02:39):
No, as in New Yorker, you have to stay with
something to protect yourself because it be too much going on.
I guess trains can be a bit daunting, especially in
the late hours. The train cars are sometimes empty. Sometimes
you have our own house folks that have nowhere else
to go but to stay on the train. So I
guess that could be, you know, kind of fearful for
(03:00):
some people.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
I've never seen a problem where besides the bum there's
dances on the train and that's about it.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
You entertained by that most of the time.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I'm sleeping and I got my headset on.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So you don't dance with them when they come on
the train? Oh no, not at all, well, Larry. Some
say dinner and a show. I say a commute and
a show. But either way, can the MCA do anything
to be deserving of what will soon become a three
dollars ride?
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Well, I think they got to get the bumps off
the trains because we have to pay and they get
on for free and they take up all the seats
and we can't ride comfortable. It's to the smelly or
no space at all that day.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
And they don't deserve my money.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
It should be free. They don't deserve it at all.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
They keep raising the prices, especially for a lot of
delays on the trains, people get them to work late,
things of that nature. I feel like it should be
the same price at least for a good five to
ten years.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Yeah, I don't know where he got that number from.
He didn't really explain why he thought five to ten
years was a good way to keep the prices. But
nothing is said in stone. The proposed changes must be
approved by the MTA board, Larry, so we'll find out
when that happens. And Mayor Eric Adams is riping about
the increase, so we'll see.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know what I've I heard, I heard numbness. I
think people are numb to this stuff now because I
think it's completely obscene that they just made all this
money and congestion pricing and now they're going to raise fares.
What they should be doing is cutting fares. They've made
so much money with congestion pricing. Give people a break.
You want to be loved, You want to be liked.
(04:35):
They don't care. They don't care. They know they have
a monopoly and they can do whatever they want. And
the guys they screw are the little guys and little women,
the people that have to work and they have to
get in by using the subway, and they have to
get in by using the buses. It's it's obscene, but
I think everybody's numb to it. But as you just
(04:57):
heard Natalie Miglio, I'll be back tomorrow more ing at
eight fifty the
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