One of the shinier proposals from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is to make the city's bus system fare-free.

Fare evasion on New York City’s subways and buses continues to decline as the nation’s largest transit agency seeks to get more riders to pay for service.. About 9.8% of subway riders skipped ...

Starting August 2025, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will implement a fare increase affecting millions of commuters. This marks the first significant fare adjustment since ...

The MTA has postponed a subway fare hike, focusing instead on transitioning to the OMNY system, with MetroCard sales to end this year but accepted for six more months. Despite glitches and criticism, ...

NYC public transit is on pace for a record year, with ridership and reliability up across subways, buses, and railroads in ...

That’s Cicely Blatch, a bus rider in the Bronx, talking about how prohibitively expensive transit in New York City has become. Blatch is not alone—one in five New Yorkers in 2023 struggled to ...

NEW YORK-- The MTA and NYPD are ramping up their enforcement of fare evasion on New York City buses. In some cases on Thursday, undercover transit officers witnessed bus riders who didn't pay and ...

Fare evasion in the New York City transit system is on the decline, although 45% of all city bus riders still aren’t paying for their trips, according to new MTA figures.

Fare evasion on New York City’s subways and buses continues to decline as the nation’s largest transit agency seeks to get more riders to pay for service.About 9.8% of subway riders skipped ...