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MTA OKs third round of fare hikes in three years

Commuters buy LIRR tickets at Penn Station. (July

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | Commuters buy LIRR tickets at Penn Station. (July 25, 2010)

Riders on the Long Island Rail Road will see steep fare increases, as will transit riders throughout the region, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved its third package of fare hikes in three years Thursday.

And the newly imposed fares will hit before year's end, two days sooner than the agency previously had said they would take effect. MTA chairman Jay Walder announced that...

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