Fewer fare beaters hopping on MTA buses after transit 'enforcers' deployed throughout NYC

"They are serious," bus rider Imogine Grant told The Post as we waited for the Q65 bus in Jamaica last week. "They are not going to let you on if you don't pay."

"We pull up to eight to 10 people off the buses," one plainclothes inspector said. "The uniforms worn by some of the inspectors is often enough to shoo away any potential freeloaders."

"The transit agency announced the enforcement program on Aug. 3 after years of staggering losses from fare evasion - about $312 million in 2022 alone."

The MTA said fare evasion went from 21% in 2020 to nearly 50% in the first quarter of 2024.

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