The MTA’s new subway gates are already getting blasted as “easy to beat” — as even an elderly man with a cane was spotted ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA will install jagged metal partitions and plastic paddles on every subway turnstile in efforts to reduce fare evasion. The barriers have been installed at 327 of the city's ...

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.

Faced with the eye-popping loss of hundreds of millions of dollars from fare evasion, the MTA is set to unveil a new high-tech system for catching people who don't pay. Chairman Janno Lieber said ...

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 down on crime. It's not ...

NOHO, Manhattan (WABC) -- The MTA has unveiled its latest attempt to crack down on subway fare beaters, which includes a brand new design. We've all seen people jumping over the turnstiles to avoid ...

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, ...