Anticipated toll hikes at the Port Authority's bridges and tunnels set off a backlash last week. But in a recent TV interview, Albert Papp Jr., president of the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers, briefly shifted attention to another group of individuals facing higher commuting costs: NJ Transit riders. Papp claimed NJ Transit had increased its fares this year...
Anticipated toll hikes at the Port Authority's bridges and tunnels set off a backlash last week. But in a recent TV interview, Albert Papp Jr., president of the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers, briefly shifted attention to another group of individuals facing higher commuting costs: NJ Transit riders.
Papp claimed NJ Transit had increased its fares this year by between 25 percent and 47 percent.
The fare hikes actually occurred in 2010, but Papp's figures are mostly accurate for the rail passengers represented by his organization. We rate his statement Mostly True.
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