Nearly one-third of NYC bus riders aren’t paying the fare

[Kamaji]

Nearly one-third of NYC bus riders aren’t paying the fare

By David Meyer
February 21, 2022

Nearly 30 percent of NYC bus riders aren’t paying their fare — costing the transit authority $56 million in the last three months of 2021 alone, according to the MTA’s latest fare evasion survey.

Transit number-crunchers estimated some 29.3 percent of riders on local bus routes did not pay the fare in the final three months of 2021 — up from 25.2 percent in the three months before that, the report showed.

The troubling spike brings the reported local bus fare evasion to the highest it’s been in at least a decade, according to a source familiar with the agency’s survey methodology.

“The high rate is mostly being driven by [an approximately] 50 percent non-payment rate in the Bronx, and a jump in non-payment on Staten Island,” the source said.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/02/21/nearly-one-third-of-nyc-bus-riders-arent-paying-the-fare/

[Hoodat]

Embracing lawlessness has consequences.

[Kamaji]

Embracing lawlessness has consequences.

Very true.

Of course, the MTA bus drivers' union solution is to make buses permanently free for everyone.

[sneakypete]

Nearly one-third of NYC bus riders aren’t paying the fare

By David Meyer
February 21, 2022

 “The high rate is mostly being driven by [an approximately] 50 percent non-payment rate in the Bronx, and a jump in non-payment on Staten Island,” the source said.

@Kamaji

I am going to go out on a limb here,and guess most are young black males.

[sneakypete]

Embracing lawlessness has consequences.

@Hoodat

Depends on who you are,and/or the color of your skin.

[sneakypete]

Very true.

Of course, the MTA bus drivers' union solution is to make buses permanently free for everyone.

@Kamaji

Well,what are their options? You can't really expect city bus drivers to get into fist fights with riders to try to collect fares.

Something that MIGHT help would be cameras on buses that face the doors and automatically take photos of any passengers that get on without paying for the fares,and immediately sends to photos off to a central location for the police to view.

Having the camera keep the photos on the bus would just encourage them to destroy or even steal the cameras.

[Kamaji]

@Kamaji

Well,what are their options? You can't really expect city bus drivers to get into fist fights with riders to try to collect fares.

Something that MIGHT help would be cameras on buses that face the doors and automatically take photos of any passengers that get on without paying for the fares,and immediately sends to photos off to a central location for the police to view.

Having the camera keep the photos on the bus would just encourage them to destroy or even steal the cameras.

The MTA and the cops are supposed to have enforcement teams that ride the system to enforce it with $100 tickets.  Right now, they aren't doing that.

[Wingnut]

Need a No-Ride List!  LOL

[rustynail]

Shouldn't busses and subways be free for blacks?  Just seems right.

[Cyber Liberty]

The MTA and the cops are supposed to have enforcement teams that ride the system to enforce it with $100 tickets.  Right now, they aren't doing that.

Consider the position of the cops. The miscreants have a choice: accept the $100 ticket or beat the carp out of the cop and be out on Own Recognizance in less than an hour.

[sneakypete]

Shouldn't busses and subways be free for blacks?  Just seems right.

@rustynail

Doesn't seem right to me. They should get free cell phones to call in for free limo rides to go shoplifting.

[GtHawk]

Consider the position of the cops. The miscreants have a choice: accept the $100 ticket or beat the carp out of the cop and be out on Own Recognizance in less than an hour.

Exactly, when there are no consequences because of socialist DA's and judges than there are effectively no deterrents.