MTA chief Janno Lieber stated on Friday that the bus fare‑evasion enforcement squads continue to be a vital element of the agency’s plan to reduce fare evasion, even as the teams stay suspended pending investigations into recent violent incidents involving agents and riders. The comment was made in Queens.
The suspension, announced a day earlier, was intended to allow probes into the altercations. The MTA has employed dedicated enforcement units to tackle a rise in bus fare evasion, but the recent clashes prompted a safety stand‑down of those squads.