HALF of all Bronx bus passengers are fare-dodging, with 1 in 3 bus trips taken without a ticket

Fare evaders now account for a third of all bus trips taken in NYC, with half of all trips in the Bronx taken for free and the scam costing the MTA $56m in just three months.   

The latest fare evasion survey shows the Bronx is the Big Apple’s problem borough, with one in two bus trips there going unpaid for. Staten Island has also seen a spike in evasion, according to the New York Post.

Exact statistics have not yet been released by the MTA, with DailyMail.com reaching out for further details.   

‘The high rate is mostly being driven by [an approximately] 50 percent non-payment rate in the Bronx, and a jump in non-payment on Staten Island,’ a source close to the MTA told the New York Post. 

Worsening fare evasion has also been blamed on the five month period in 2020 when buses…