Subway and bus fare evasion cost New York’s transit system nearly $1 billion last year. Will an arsenal of new tricks turn ...
Faced with the eye-popping loss of hundreds of millions of dollars from fare evasion, the MTA is set to unveil a new ...
MTA Chair Janno Lieber said requiring all riders to pay with OMNY will make it easier to check who has actually paid.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- People going to extremes to avoid paying for the subway is nothing new, but a new report is showing just how much the city is losing, and what new technology has helped cut ...
New York City will be moving to a “European-style” approach to bus fare enforcement, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said Tuesday. The ...
The MTA started deploying unarmed gate guards across New York City's expansive subway system in 2022 in an effort to shut down a "superhighway of fare evasion" — emergency exit gates. Since then, the ...
Subway fare evasion worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has remained a persistent issue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Fare and toll evaders cost the MTA $1 billion in 2024, ...
A new analysis from the Citizens Budget Commission estimates the MTA lost about $1 billion to fare and toll evasion in 2024, underscoring a persistent financial strain on the transit agency even as ...
Two teens were arrested after a gun was fired at the 42nd Street–Port Authority subway station; no injuries were reported, ...