The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is making significant progress in its battle against fare evasion, with subway fare dodging down 30 percent from mid-2024 to early 2025. Despite this improvement, the MTA still loses between $700 and $800 million each year from riders who don’t pay. This fall, the agency will begin testing new high-tech fare gates at 20 subway stations across the city, replacing the familiar turnstiles that have been a fixture of New York’s transit system for decades. “These numbers show that our comprehensive strategy to combat fare and toll evasion is working,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. “We will … Continue reading MTA Subway Fare Evasion Down 30 Percent; New Gates Target Millions Still Lost