A similar scheme is already in place in other European countries, including Denmark and the Netherlands.
M.T.A. officials on Thursday announced an effort to curb rampant fare evasion on city buses that has cost the agency hundreds of millions in lost revenue.
About a million bus riders fail to pay the fare every weekday in New York. The transit system needs that revenue.
New York’s bus system has one of the worst fare evasion problems of any major city in the world. The problem is worse in the buses...