NYC's MTA has started using AI software to track fare evasion in the subway system. The system tracks both when fare evasion spikes and the methods fare evaders use. The tech is in use at 7 stations ...

Make sure to pay to ride on NYC buses because MTA chief Janno Lieber wants to roll out a "European-style" fare enforcement ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority revealed Monday it notched a tiny drop in fare-beating – but could still lose around $700 million to toll evaders even as it spearheaded a host of schemes to ...

Manhattan: Re “Silence to fare evasion is consent” (op-ed, April 28): We’re in agreement that fare evasion is a critical and sometimes overlooked issue — but not by the MTA. Anyone who thinks we haven ...

A fiscal watchdog group found that deterrence measures are starting to have an impact on the practice, which has surged since the pandemic. By Taylor Robinson The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...

They’re finally here: new fare gates in the subway. “It reminds me of Europe,” commuter Xaviar Murillo said. “So cool, I like it.” The first 20 modern fare arrays are being installed by three ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has come up with a bonkers new way to try to curb fare evasion. The effort comes as the MTA grapples with horrific yearly losses in revenue because of people ...

A viral video shows a clumsy passenger stuck by the neck after allegedly trying to ride without paying the fare. The post New ...

MILWAUKEE - Editors' note: The video attached to this story includes a statement that 33% fare evasion means "for every paying rider who boards, two more board for free." That is incorrect. It means ...

The MTA lost roughly $1 billion to fare and toll evasion in 2024 — much higher than the already astronomical sum estimated by the transit agency itself, according to a bombshell new watchdog study.