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NetQuarterLatte t1_j7limzw wrote

$350 million is 70% of what's lost due to fare evasion. If there was no fare evasion, the MTA could even reduce the fare cost.

A lot of people in this sub would have a tough time deciding between complaining about hiked up fares or defending the practice of fare evasion. Choose one.

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/12/mta-spending-1-million-month-private-security-guards-amid-crackdown-fare-evasion-subway-system/380798/

>Five hundred million dollars – that's how much the Metropolitan Transportation Authority system is currently losing each year because of fare evasion, transit leaders recently said.

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JBMPropertyMgmtLLC t1_j7ngas2 wrote

And to add to the hypocrisy, they’re okay with fare evasion, but not toll evasion.

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TeamMisha t1_j7pe1k6 wrote

The only thing is this is kind of an imaginary number in terms of real money. No fare system on earth can prevent 100% evasion, and we cannot discount the cost of preventing it. We would need NYPD on every single bus in Queens basically lol. I hate fare evasion but I don't see a cost effective way at eliminating it. I am all for more attempts though, whether better spot enforcement and higher fines, but we should note we likely will never fully capitalize on the lost fares

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