July 1 marks the first day that fare hikes on the L.A. Metro, approved in 2007, go into effect.
Single-ride fares will increase from $1.25 to $1.50, and day passes from $5 to $6. Monthly passes are up from $62 to $75. You can see a full list of the changes at the Metro site.
The fare increases won’t affect seniors, students, the disabled, or Medicare recipients, whose rates are frozen until 2013.
In addition, Metrolink fares will go up by about 6 percent, and several trains will be eliminated, including ones to San Bernadino, Ventura and Moorpark. You can read more about that here.
The rate changes have been protested by several groups including the Bus Riders Union, which says they unfairly target the poor and minorities.
The MTA says the moves are fiscally necessary, and that L.A. public transportation is still less expensive than that in other cities.
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