NFTA Raising Fares, Rochester Dropped Them

A tale of two transit authorities. The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority says it didn't want to raise fares, but as it faces a possible 16-million dollars in revenue losses, a fare hike looks to be the only way out. A pair of 25-cent increases will take effect in 2009, raising the cost of a MetroBus or MetroRail ride to two-dollars. The Rochester Regional Transit System, however, is taking the opposite approach. It has lowered fares to just a dollar, and is attracting more riders.