"The state-run agency enjoyed a 40% decrease in MTA police-captured fare evasion incidents year-on-year at Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal, MTA Police (MTAPD) Chief Thomas Taffe said during a monthly agency board meeting on Wednesday. Taffe credits, in part, strategic and focused enforcement with reducing fare evasion and other quality-of-life crimes in the subways and on commuter rails."
"We had a really big push in 2023 to really enforce the rules when it comes to fare evasion. Prior to that, MTA officers were in the subways, but they weren't really enforcing the rules. We found they weren't trained very well in the subways yet. We trained them to write TAB (Transit Adjudication Bureau) summonses. TAB summonses do not go to criminal court. After re-training, the department deployed motivated officers to the subways, issued more summonses, and did so with less overtime."
MTA Police reported a 40% decrease in police-captured fare evasion incidents year-on-year at Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal. Chief Thomas Taffe credited strategic, focused enforcement and station grading tactics for the reduction. The department increased enforcement by 13% at stations it patrols while operating with fewer officers and cutting overtime costs by $5 million. Officers received retraining to write TAB summonses, which do not go to criminal court, and were redeployed to issue more summonses. Fare evasion remains persistent, and the agency loses nearly a billion dollars annually in fares and tolls. The MTA has implemented additional strategies to curb the issue.
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