It doesn’t need to be revenue out of the pockets of working people. This would be part of a significant stream of additional revenue for the MTA to fund this and other needs,” he said. Speaking to The Post, Gianaris, the second-ranking Democrat in the State Senate, insisted the proposals are “not adding more to the money that the MTA needs.” And that’s before we #TaxTheRich, which will state revenue.” To see updated Bus times, schedules and stops please click on a route. “Our entire package ($3.26B/yr) costs 1.5% of the State’s budget ($222B). “This isn’t pie in the sky stuff,” Mamdani posted on Twitter on Wednesday. How much is the Staten Island express bus to Manhattan The fare for MTA express buses, responsible for transporting tens of thousands of Staten Islanders to and from Manhattan on a daily basis, has increased from 6.50 to 6.75. The pols want to make riding the bus free-of-charge one borough at a time. They point to other cities pursuing free buses, including Los Angeles, Boston and Washington, D.C., which just announced plans to go fare-free citywide next summer.

The Queens pols also propose more than a billion dollars in additional spending to freeze subway fares for two years and increase service to run buses and trains every six minutes.

“If you believe in buses, you don’t eliminate one of the key elements to help finance them.”

Financially, this is not the right time,” Moss said. I don’t think that’s something we should just give away.

Mta express bus fare