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GovSpend, a database of government spending records, shows that the MTA made two purchases in 2021 for “AWAAIT Video Analytics Fare Evasion Software,” for a combined $35,335.
One wave of a fare beater's hand is all it took for new subway gates being tested in Queens to open, a viral TikTok video shows.
Metro-North Looks To The Platform To Help Stymie Fare Evaders Commuters might notice crews taking tickets prior to boarding trains; the MTA tells Patch this "gating" experiment is expanding.
The MTA Police Department is the primary railroad police agency in New York State and Connecticut. The New York City subways are patrolled by the NYPD Transit Bureau under contract since 1994. Since 2019, the MTA Police has officers conducting daily subway patrols in New York City in an effort to assist the NYPD in addressing quality of life ...
The MTA has deployed so-called Eagle Teams to spot fare-beaters on Select Bus Service routes, on which riders must get a receipt for their payment before boarding, Byford said.
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
To round-up evaders, MTA fare inspectors continue to use the “surge” strategy first developed by Transit police. Renewed enforcement interests led to several high-profile cases. Swiss tourists with allegedly valid passes were ticketed for bumping turnstiles.
A redesign to New York City's iconic turnstiles could be coming as MTA officials claim fare evasion costs $500 million a year.
mta .info /bandt. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ( TBTA ), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
About 400,000 riders a day skip paying fares by jumping turnstiles or going through emergency doors, at a cost of $285 million to the MTA last year alone, the study found.