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> The MTA has more than doubled fares in recent years[1][2], yet has nothing to show for it.

The current MTA fare is $2.90.

For it to be more than doubled it needs to have been lower than $1.45.

The last time the fare was lower than $1.45 was 1995. That’s hardly “recent years”.

Cumulative inflation since 1995 has been 107%, so basically the MTA hasn’t increased inflation adjusted fares since at least 1995.

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It’s also weird to use the 2nd Avenue extension as an example of achieving nothing when the 2nd Avenue subway extension failed for nearly a 100 years and was successfully built a decade ago after that 100 year history of failure.