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
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.