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At the base bus and subway fare of $2.75, that’s about 180 million acts of fare evasion a year cutting into the MTA’s budget, which faces a $2.5 billion deficit come 2024.
According to MTA Spokesperson Joana Flores, this less familiar method of collecting tickets is known as "gating," and the expansion has its roots in a 2023 blue-ribbon report on MTA fare and toll ...
Fare evasion. Fare evasion or fare dodging[ 1 ] is the act of travel without payment on public transit. When considered problematic, it is mitigated by revenue protection officers and ticket barriers, staffed or automatic, are in place to ensure only those with valid tickets may access the transport.
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. Figures for 2022 ...
Fare and toll evasion on subways, buses, commuter trains and bridges and tunnels cost the MTA $690 million in 2022, according to the study. For subways, the panel noted more than half of fare ...
The agency reported losing $315 million in 2022 due to bus fare evasion and an additional $285 million from subway turnstile jumpers. FOX 5 NY spoke to some New Yorkers who admitted to skipping ...
Traffic & Transit Fare Evasion May Be A Bigger Problem Than The MTA Knows The MTA may be underestimating fare evasion because of holes in its methods for tracking it, a newly released audit indicates.
When the New York City Transit Authority was created in July 1953, the fare was raised to 15 cents (equivalent to $1.71 in 2023) and a token was issued. [102] In 1970 the fare was raised to 30 cents. [103] This token is 23mm in diameter with a Y cut out, and is known as the "Large Y Cutout".