For years, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System has said that a big reason the system has lost revenue and gotten more dangerous is that a lot of people don’t pay fares. The theory is that people who are ...

The MTA lost roughly $1 billion to fare and toll evasion in 2024 — much higher than the already astronomical sum estimated by the transit agency itself, according to a bombshell new watchdog study.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new study indicates efforts to crackdown on fare jumpers have not made BART safer nor has it increased revenue as the transit agency has claimed. The Center for Policy Equity, ...

NEW YORK — Fare beaters who hopped over grimy subway turnstiles back in the early 1990s were the first targets of a policing strategy that went after the smallest offenses and was credited with ...

These gates aren’t scaring away fare beaters — case closed. The MTA’s new subway gates are already getting blasted as “easy to beat” – as even an elderly man with a cane was spotted easily skipping ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA is expanding its efforts to stop people from riding for free. These full-length gates are set to be installed at the City Hall station before the end of the month. They ...