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NEW YORK (77WABC) — The MTA’s latest fare evasion survey says nearly 30 percent of New York City bus riders are not paying their fare — a 5% increase. That amounts to an estimated loss of $56 million dollars in the last quarter of 2021 alone.
The report shows 29.3 percent of riders on local bus routes did not pay the fare in the final three months of 2021 — up from 25.2 percent in the three months before that. According to a source familiar with the agency’s survey, the troubling spike brings the reported local bus fare evasion to the highest it’s been in at least a decade.
“The high rate is mostly being driven by [an approximately] 50 percent non-payment rate in the Bronx, and a jump in non-payment on Staten Island,” the source tells The New York Post.
The Post reports the number of those evading fares is the highest its been in a decade. As for the subways, the evasion rate underground is below 8% over the same time period, costing the MTA $41 million dollars. According to the MTA’s rules of conduct, fare beaters face a $100 fine.
