The MTA said it loses $700 million a year to fare evasion.
The MTA 's TrainTime app has started posting pop-up messages that say, " MTA police are enforcing fare payment. Passengers who don't pay the fare and don't show valid ID will be removed from the train."It comes as fare evasion has run rampant in the regional transportation system. According to the Transit Authority, more than half a million people push their way onto buses or breeze past the subway turnstiles every day.
The MTA has stepped-up enforcement in recent months, a crackdown that includes Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road, where a peak ticket to Huntington costs $17.50, one way. In the last two years, summonses were up by 120%. Arrests were up 270%. In just the first three months of this year, summonses went up an additional 437% and arrests nearly tripled."It's been a big problem, you know," Henry said. "People hiding the bathrooms, people avoiding the fares, people arguing with you. Then they refuse to get off. So, a lot of conductors are tired of it. And I think it's about time this happened.
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