PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA has restored full service throughout the transit agency, but riders are now facing higher fares and new measures aimed at reducing fare evasion.

The cost of a single trip on buses and subways has increased from $2.50 to $2.90. Regional Rail fares have also gone up by $1 to $2 per trip.

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"It is eating into other people's budgets, and they've had to make some sacrifices," said Marie Harris of Southwest Philadelphia.

SEPTA General Manager Scott Sauer stated that the agency generates approximately 21% of its revenue from fares. To address fare evasion, SEPTA is expanding gates that are harder to hop over.

"What we refer to as our 3D fare gates," Sauer said, "We have already seen about a 10% decrease in

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