SEPTA released its mid-year crime report for 2025, which shows significant increases in enforcement related to fare evasion and quality-of-ride offenses.

SEPTA says far too many Philadelphians aren't paying to ride the transit system. It costs the agency about $50 million yearly ...

SEPTA Police Chief Chuck Lawson said the crackdown on fare evasion and other crimes on the transit system is improving safety and quality of life.

SEPTA will be adding new full-length gates to nine more stations that are along the L train and Broad Street line to combat fare evasions from riders.

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

SEPTA Transit Police Inspector James Zuggi says fare evasion and crimes on the system are often related, and it's why the transit police department has made it its top priority.

SEPTA stopped using summary citations for fare evasion in 2019, arguing the system was dysfunctional and created "criminal stigma" for thousands of offenders.

The Bay Area transit agency’s fare enforcement efforts have recovered minimal revenue, furthered racial disparities and largely failed to make riders feel safer, the report found.

Thom Carroll/for PhillyVoice SEPTA is proposing to increase all fares and cut service by 20% beginning Jan. 1 to eliminate a $240 million budget deficit.