In 2003, single-ride NYC subway and bus fares increased by 33 percent, causing outrage and uproar. Sunday, it jumps another 11 percent, to $2.25, greeted by little more than a feeble whimper of resigned protest. The breakdown of the price hikes seem easy to digest, and basically the pay-per-ride Metro fare is now $2.25 and the 15 percent purchase bonus now comes at $8, not $7. Unlimited MetroCards are more confusing: you can still buy a card at the current prices until midnight on Saturday, but you have to start using this card on or before July 6. Regardless, the cards will expire a day, a week, two weeks or a month after the 6th. Phew! Convoluted? Yes. But if you think hard enough about how it works, your head will hurt too much to think about the terrible justifications—it could have been worse!—made for this price increase. There is an evil method to the MTA’s madness. 
