Port Authority raises tolls, fares

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board approved toll and fares hikes on its bridges, tunnels and trains.

Nine of the 12 commissioners were present for the agency's board meeting at its Manhattan headquarters. They voted unanimously for the increases.

Drivers will pay $1.50 more to enter New York from New Jersey starting next month. Smaller increases will continue yearly until 2015. Drivers without EZ-Pass would have to pay $2 extra.

The $1.75 fare to ride the PATH train will increase 25 cents a year for four years.

The Port Authority originally proposed much higher increases, angering commuters.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie released a plan late Thursday for more modest increases than originally proposed by the Port Authority.