SEPTA has criminally charged thousands of Philadelphians with fare evasion over the last year, sending a flood of cases ...

Last year, SEPTA installed “fare evasion” gates at the 69 th Street Transportation Center. The gates have full-length glass doors along with 3D technology that can detect when a fare evader is ...

Behind the scenes of SEPTA’s fare evasion crackdown in Philadelphia 03:43. Dawn Cooper says she's been driving SEPTA buses for more than 25 years now.

They formally call it fare evasion. It's also known as jumping, or otherwise evading the turnstile to avoid paying. Now, SEPTA's $50 million surveillance system is helping bust fare evaders by the ...

CBS News Philadelphia rode along a SEPTA bus to get a behind-the-scenes look at its fare evasion task force.

SEPTA said it loses at least $30 million in revenue per year due to fare evasion. “When people ride our system without paying, it is unfair to our customers who do the right thing,” Richards said.

SEPTA decriminalized fare evasion for turnstile jumpers earlier this year, reducing fare evasion tickets from $300 to $25, a 91 percent decrease. Repeat offenders also get four strikes before ...

SEPTA plans to install new turnstiles at 13th Street and 34th Street stations in early 2024 in an effort to stop fare evasion, which costs the authority $22.9 million annually.

SEPTA general manager Leslie Richards was all smiles on Wednesday at 69th Street Station. She was there to debut six new gates designed to prevent fare evasion, a problem the agency claims costs ...

SEPTA's cameras oversee nuisance crime crackdown. wpvi. By 6abc. Thursday, April 25, 2013. PHILADELPHIA - April 25, 2013 . They formally call it fare evasion. It's ... SEPTA's $50 million ...