We're about three months away from the latest MTA fare increase, but before the prices goes up, New Yorkers are getting their say on exactly how it'll all go down. Transit Reporter Jose Martinez has the story from Jamaica.

Another fare hike is on the way for bus and subway riders — whether they want it or not.

At the first public hearing ahead of the March 19 increase, it was clear most do not. 

"Before you decide to ask for any more money, fix what you have here first and then you come back and ask about a fare increase," said one woman who spoke at the hearing. "That's fair!"

"I'm just asking you to consider not doing this," said another. "It's not just for me. It's for millions and millions of people that don't even make $69,000 a year."

The fare hike would be the sixth in almost a decade, but one that the MTA bills as its smallest since 2009.

But under a pair of plans that the agency's board will pick between next month, riders will still feel a pinch.

Plan A would keep the fare at $2.75 — but reduce by half the bonus riders get if they put at least $5.50 on a MetroCard.

Plan B would bump the fare up to $3 — while boosting that bonus for riders who put at least $6 on their card.

Under both plans, the price of the 7-day and the 30-day unlimited MetroCard will go up the same amount — $4.50 for the 30-day MetroCard that now costs $116.50 and a dollar for the current $31 seven-day card.

"We can accept raises from time to time," said one man who spoke at the hearing. "However, my concern is for what appears to me to be waste and misuse."

"We're going to see a fight back coming against all of this," said another. "I can't tell you when, but there is in fact a tinder box here of class resentment."

While MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast pointed to key system upgrades like the Second Avenue Subway, he acknowledged the hearings provide a good sense of what riders want.

"We can't assume we know what the people want, we have to hear them," Pendergast said.

Agency officials will have another chance to hear from the public on Tuesday night at the College of Staten Island and again on Thursday, at Baruch College in Manhattan.