Posted on 11/28/2018 9:45:37 PM PST by Larry381
So if you don’t punish bad behavior it will increase. Who’d a thunk it?
Giving people a pass on crime because of skin color sounds like racism to me.
So now that they quit enforcing it, expect to see even MORE as the perps become more emboldened to flaunt their immunity from prosecution for crime.
It’s always about racism, isn’t it? It wouldn’t surprise me, if they decided to only prosecute white males, and let everyone else skate.
The ONLY people I see hanging around subway turnstiles, waiting to grab someone's Metro card or jump the turnstile are BLACKS. I make sure to go through the turnstile which is farthest from these do-nothing predators. Rather than get a job and then buy their own Metro card, they prefer to prey on others who work.
They should just make it free and stop this unwinnable War On Fare-beaters.
Does anybody here know the STAGGERING AMOUNT they take in?!?!
It is NOT fare beating and the PALTRY one million a week it is costing them.
It’s HORRIBLE service and conditions and people taking other means of transportation that’s killing them.
That and bloated unions and boondoggles of every size, shape and color.
YES, fare beaters should be arrested.
No, the million dollars a week is certainly not the reason they’re raising the fare.
And YES, I miss the Rudy days and always will.
Its just reparations.
I can design a turnstile no one can “jump”, that would have little effect on boarding efficiency. In fact, I have several versions in mind. Some are a little more, uh, rambunctious, than others. ;-)
I’m curious - how much does MTA take in from fares?
My only experience with a large public transport system like this is CTA, on occasion, in Chicago. It actually seems tolerable.
Their own budget document says the fare revenue is $6.3 BILLION.
So talking about $52 million as a main focus of their budgetary crisis is absurd.
Yes, fare thieves should be combatted and arrested just on principal, to uphold the law and also to prevent that problem from getting worse.
But as you say, losing $1 million per week is NOT what is screwing up the MTA.
http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/MTA-2018-AdoptedBudgetFebruaryFinancialPlan_2018-21.pdf
see #11
principle not principal lol
I know that one......
Completely agree.
It’s so stupid to say to people who live here that it’s beyond absurd.
If you’re not from here it may sound like a lot.
But you’re talking MILLIONS of folks every day paying a few bucks and for express buses, 6 bucks.
They just can’t stop spending.
I don’t work in Manhattan anymore. I live and work on staten island.
and i dont miss it.
Thanks. And, agreed.
However, is arresting these low lifes worth the effort? Impound their cell phones, if on train or bus, kick ‘em off, issue a civil summons, and fine them — cell phone to be returned upon payment of fine. ??
You need a turnstile with razor sharp spikes that only retract when the fare is paid. Also ejects poison gas when someone tries to jump over it.
That’d kinda slow up loading. My most extreme version would use a large spring... ;-)
They say fare-beating increased after the Manhattan District Attorney last year stopped prosecuting most cases, a response to concerns that black and Latino violators were being disproportionally singled out.
IOW, if we want to single someone out, it should be the Manhattan D.A., and the freakshow corrupt Mayor should also be charged.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they made only white males pay the fare.
I am so glad I got out of that cesspit.
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