Riding MUNI Now More Expensive than New York Subway
Starting July 1st, MUNI is raising its single fare price to $3, and the monthly Adult A pass rises to $98. To put that into perspective, a subway ticket in New York City costs $2.75. We’ll let you decide which is the better deal.
The upcoming fare increase is a part of the Automatic Fare Indexing Policy that started in 2009, which means that prices are determined by a formula based on monetary inflation and operations costs. According to the SFMTA, pre-paid fares (Clipper or Muni Mobile) is still $2.50, which is part of why Transit Justice Coalition members like SOMCAN, are concerned, this kind of hike equates to a poverty tax. SF citizens who are paying in cash are the people who don’t have Internet service or phones or credit cards. It’s also a bit of a tourist tax, because visitors are also likely not to own clipper cards, (but few are shedding tears for tourists).
The monthly M and A passes are also going up. Here are the main changes according to SFMTA:
| Single Ride Fares | Current | July 1, 2019 |
| Regular Adult: Cash (Clipper card fare remains the same) | $2.75 | $3 |
| Discount single ride*: Cash and Limited-Use Tickets | $1.35 | $1.50 |
| Monthly Passes | Current | July 1, 2019 |
| Monthly M pass (Muni only) | $78 | $81 |
| Monthly A pass (Muni + BART within SF) | $94 | $98 |
| Discount monthly* and Lifeline Pass | $39 | $40 |
Poppa’s got to pay for those new MUNI cars, and that incredibly over budget, deadline blowing Central Subway debacle.
