As deadlock between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and state politicians persists and proposed alternatives dwindle, it appears to be nearly certain that the MTA will approve a significant fare hike as early as this week. break According to MTA CEO Eliot Sander, riders should expect a $2.50 base fare—up from the current base fare of $2, which has stood since 2003—along with increased unlimited MetroCard prices and potentially a reduction in the bonus structure, which currently adds 15 percent extra value to MetroCard purchases of $7 or more. An MTA committee will vote to approve or reject the fare hike today, and the full board will vote on Wednesday. Significant service cuts have also been proposed. These include the elimination of overnight service on the M96 and M104 buses and the reduction of overnight service on the 1 subway line. The M10 bus line, which runs along Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Central Park West and is the primary public transportation route between Harlem and Penn Station on 34th Street, would be eliminated entirely—a proposal actively opposed by several local politicians, including City Council members Robert Jackson and Inez Dickens, State Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, and State Senator Bill Perkins. A commission led by former MTA chairman Richard Ravitch released a report in December 2008 that proposed an increase in state funding to mitigate the need for the fare hike and service cuts. According to the MTA's Web site, adoption of the Ravitch report recommendations would make the fare hike smaller and the service cuts "largely unnecessary." However, WNYC reported on March 20 that negotiations between Governor David Paterson and the MTA on a "rescue plan" that would enable adoption of the Ravitch proposal "are at a standstill." And in light of Sander's announcement that the final vote will take place this week, it appears increasingly unlikely that a state bailout will be possible.