Philly.com has a good article on how the fare increase will affect commuters to NYC:
Nearly 700 Philadelphia-area residents take on the commute, according to Amtrak, and these days they're a pretty angry bunch.
Amtrak intends to boost the cost of monthly Philadelphia-to-New York passes from $633 to $1,008 - beyond the break-even point for many commuters, who say the increase threatens not just their income but their jobs. As riders consider switching to cheaper-but-longer commutes aboard buses or NJ Transit trains, the rate increase jeopardizes something else too, something subtle and intangible: The culture of the train.
The people who ride to New York in the morning and back to Philadelphia at night make up a kind of community within a community, spending three to four hours a day encased within the same speeding steel tube. Some spend more time with each other than they do with their kids.
Like other commuters, she's furious about the fare increase. Some people worry they'll have to quit their jobs. Who can afford $12,000 a year to get to work?
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