MTA

It was a tumultuous year for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with financial difficulties, a fare hike expected to raise $360 million, and the defeat of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion-pricing plan.

Local residents discussed the impending subway fare hike Saturday at a workshop hosted by the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

The first subway fare increase since March 2005 may be on the horizon as two competing plans were proposed by the Metropolitan Transport Authority, which operates New York City’s public transit, last Monday.