text: This system uses smart cards with the fareboxes, and offers a discount to riders using the cards as opposed to cash faresCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag The Port Authority will begin transitioning customers using its regular fare products to smart cards in early 2012. A slight fare increase was the first change undertaken as a part of the TDP, as the Zone Two fare increased by fifteen cents and transfers increased by quarter on January 1, 2010; however, the Zone One fare remained at $2.