If you're a New Jersey transit rider, prepare to pay more starting tomorrow.

Fares are increasing July 1st to help pay for the agency's more than $3 billion operating budget tickets will go up 3% so for example, bus fares will increase from $1.80 to $1.85 for a one zone adult trip on one way.

Rail ticket from New York to Princeton Junction for example will bump up 50 cents from 1840 to just shy of $19.

Light rail fare increases will vary by line.

The increase is the first of what could be a permanent annual 3% hike and comes a year after prices went up 15%.

That was the first time though in a decade.

The tri state transportation campaign is calling on riders and advocates to push back against the fair hike, asking them to write and call their state lawmakers before the New Jersey Transit Board of Directors meets in the next three weeks.

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