— Vincent Del Castillo, former NYC transit chief. The estimated fare evasion rate on subways has declined from 13.6% in the third quarter of 2020 to 7.9% in the fourth quarter of 2021, according ...

NYC subway fare-evasion arrests skyrocketed 132% in 2023, reflecting the NYPD's increased commitment to tackling turnstile jumpers. And as law enforcement increased, so did the number of guns and ...

The system was in use in seven subway stations in May, according to a report on fare evasion published online by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which oversees New York City’s public ...

Farebeating on NYC buses and subways is rising, ... However, fare evasion on the subway has more than doubled from the 5.7% reported in pre-pandemic 2019. 4.

new york city to deploy 800 officers to combat fare evasion in subway system Members of the NYPD and National Guard conduct random bag searches in New York City’s subway system on March 11, 2024 ...

Teenagers jump turnstiles at a subway entrance December 1, 2023 in New York City. A recent report found that the Metropolitan Transit Authority lost $690 million to fare evasion in 2022.

Now, fare evasion is happening more frequently, especially on buses. Bus fare evasion cost the MTA $315 million last year alone, which was more than the $285 million in subway fare evasion. In the ...

Fare evasion at one Queens subway station seems to be getting worse despite the MTA’s efforts to thwart the ongoing city-wide scourge. amNewYork revisited the Woodside-61st Street station on the ...