Commuter groups to tout ways to avoid Metro-North's fare hike plan
Photo credit: Faye Murman | A Metro-North train leaves the Rye train station, heading north toward Stamford. (Oct. 9, 2012)
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Metro-North commuter groups will make a pitch to the MTA to stop saddling cash-strapped riders with fare hikes and devise better ways to fund the region's transportation system at public hearings scheduled for next week across the Hudson Valley.
Metro-North is proposing a 9.3 percent jump in fares on most of its commuter routes to help close a $450 million hole in next year's $12.6 billion...
