Approximately one in two bus passengers failed to pay the fare when boarding a bus in New York City in the first three months of 2024, according to the latest stats from the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
That’s nearly 48% of bus riders. On the subways, some 14% riders skipped paying. The rampant fare evasion has prompted the MTA to deploy a crew of “fare inspectors” on buses and at bus stops in a bid to stem the problem.
Fare evasion has spiked since the COVID-19 pandemic, when, in 2020, 21% of bus riders skipped paying. Now, it’s more than double that.
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