BILL NUMBER: S4411
SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to tickets
purchased for the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter
Railroad Company
 
PURPOSE:
This bill requires the MTA establish and maintain a transferable City
Ticket between Metro North, the Long Island Rail Road, and the Subways
and Buses.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds 1266-n to the public authorities law to direct the Metro-
politan Transportation Authority develop and implement a weekly and
monthly ticket valid for optional, discounted transfers between LIRR,
Metro North, and NYCTA subways and buses.
Section 2 adds new section 1219-b to do the same.
Section 3 is the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The CityTicket is a single-ride railroad ticket offered on LIRR and
Metro-North Railroad trips within New York City. According to the MTA,
1.5 million CityTickets were sold in 2023. Introducing a weekly CityT-
icket that includes transfers to New York City Transit subways and buses
would provide a viable and more affordable alternative for New Yorkers
in subway deserts who live closer to the commuter railroads. A Weekly
CityTicket would build upon the success of the now-removed Atlantic
Ticket, which offered riders a weekly LIRR ticket between Southeast
Queens and Brooklyn and an unlimited weekly MetroCard for $60 between
2018 and 2023. Including all modes of MTA transit within New York City
on one ticket would make riding the LIRR, Metro-North, Subways and buses
more seamless and affordable.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Expected stimulus to the MTA.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.