Metro-North left some handbills behind for riders last night explaining the fare hikes that arrive March 1. “The vast majority of monthly and weekly commuter rail tickets will increase between 3.76% and 4.25%,” reads the “New Fares” flier.

(Am I the only one that thinks that the fare hikes would be less if Metro-North didn’t have to pay cleaners to scoop up all the New Fares fliers?)

Furthermore, “Ticket prices for one-way, round-trip and ten-trip travel between other stations will increase up to 7.7%.”

The one winner in all of this is Connecticut riders, as the rate hike only applies to New York stations. As if those super-low property taxes weren’t enough of an enticement ot move to the Nutmeg State.