Transit Agency to Fight Fare Rollback Order
The nation’s largest public transit system filed notice that it will appeal a judge’s order to rescind a fare hike for subways, buses and commuter trains.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority claims the filing halts the rollback, at least for now.
But a lawyer for a commuter group that sued to stop the fare increases disputed that the agency was entitled to a stay. Thomas Shanahan said he will argue that only city agencies get an automatic stay when they appeal. The MTA is a state agency.
The notice of appeal is the transit agency’s first step in trying to have the ruling reversed by an appeals court.
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