The NYC transit system’s EAGLE fare enforcers will use “onboard validation devices” that check whether customers paid their ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's promise to make the city's buses "fast and free" is on a collision course with the MTA's push to crack down on fare evasion.

With fare evasion rampant, enforcement teams will use hand-held devices to see if riders actually paid to ride the bus.

A man boarded the M116 bus and raised his hand toward the OMNY reader — then bumped his fist against the machine, a mocking ...

Dan Krauth has the latest on bus fare evasion in New York City. -----DO YOU NEED A STORY INVESTIGATED? Dan Krauth and the 7 On Your Side Investigates team at Eyewitness News want to hear from you!

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 ...

Rather than making city buses free for all riders, elected officials and transit advocates are pushing to expand a transit ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to track fare evasion in New York City subways, the Metropolitan Transit Authority confirmed Friday. The MTA’s May 2023 report on fare evasion notes that ...