Image Experts say some bus riders don’t pay because they think the sometimes slow and unreliable service isn’t worth the usual $2.90 fare. Credit...José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times ...

Gotham Bus Company driver Ralph Kramden would have enjoyed the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City (NYC) Transit Museum 30th Annual Bus Festival on Sept. 8. It included ...

Even before the pandemic, bus fare evasion was a serious problem in New York. The evasion rate was roughly 18% in 2018, according to a 2019 MTA report. Around that time, the rate was 11% in Paris ...

C&J Bus Lines is proposing a paid parking system at its massive Portsmouth Transportation Center at Pease. Will it stop ...

While most of New York’s enforcement initiatives ... and transit leaders this week expanded efforts on buses, where one out of two passengers fails to pay. According to the latest statistics ...

Why should taxpayers pay to subsidize a service if riders ... which charge lower fares for their buses than their train systems, New York charges the same fare for both subways and buses, even ...

This is the headline of an article published Aug. 26 in The New York Times: "Fare Evasion Surges on N.Y.C. Buses, Where 48% of Riders Fail to Pay." The article begins: "Every weekday in New York ...

“The MTA uses your fares to hire more bus operators and mechanics, expand and modernize our fleet, and improve frequency and reliability,” the MTA said in a statement. “When you pay your ...

NEW YORK — Every weekday in New York City, close to 1 million bus riders — roughly 1 out of every 2 passengers — board without paying. The skipped fares are a crucial and growing loss of ...

Albany must embrace transformational change to bring NYC transit back on track and be ready for the challenges of tomorrow.

NEW YORK — Every weekday in New York City, close to 1 million bus riders — roughly 1 out of every 2 passengers — board without paying. The skipped fares are a crucial and growing loss of revenue for ...