What a cash-swipe! A subway security guard hired to crack down on rampant fare evasion was caught on camera swiping in riders with a student OMNY card in exchange for cash. A new report from MTA ...

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 ...

Fare evasion is a massive, well-known problem, costing the MTA nearly $1 billion in unpaid bus and subway fares in 2024 alone, according to the Citizens Budget Commission — $568 million on buses and ...

The MTA boasted that its “modern” fare gate pilot was a success on Wednesday — touting drops in fare evasion using limited data while ducking questions about how much the $1.1 billion system will ...

Metro says it has handed out hundreds of citations and made nearly two dozen arrests since beginning its crackdown on bus fare evasion this week. Metro said about 7 in 10 riders are not paying their ...

Metro estimates bus fare evasion alone could cost the agency roughly $50 million this fiscal year.

SEPTA is trying a new turn on an old problem: fare evasion. Modified turnstiles are being piloted at Walnut-Locust Station in ...