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NetQuarterLatte t1_j8l8vac wrote

Reply to comment by An-Angel_Sent-By-God in Mayor Adams ordered to pay $300 for rat infestation at Brooklyn home by hiegel

This week, for each time I paid the fare, I saw at least one person jumping the turnstile. And I was wondering where are the cops?

So I’m actually surprise it’s only $500 million.

Or maybe the stations I use are just very common to have fare evaders.

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An-Angel_Sent-By-God t1_j8lgn4v wrote

Do you see a fare evader every 90 seconds on average, 24 hours a day, at every single station? No. If you still can't understand the math, go stand on the Central Ave M platform tonight from 12am to 6am and do a count for me.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_j8lhxtq wrote

I only spent 30 seconds to a minute near the turnstile.

So one evader per 90s is probably a charitable estimate. It can’t be extrapolated to all the time though, because I was there it during rush hour.

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zed910 t1_j8ljxdf wrote

If it doesn’t happen during non peak times then it should happen more during peak times and you should see a fair evader closer to every 20 seconds at every station.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_j8lkrme wrote

I wasn’t in a very busy station. And it was just one person jumping the turnstile.

Not like the bulk evasion of people using the emergency door like in this video: https://youtu.be/gqRQ5_TiVA8

I’ve actually seen a person once (on his way out) purposely open and hold that kind of door just to see if anyone would want to come in for free. But I didn’t stick around to see if anyone took the opportunity.

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SwellandDecay t1_j8lzb8m wrote

what do you get out of acting like a cop? like why are you being a cop and you're not even getting paid? get a hobby.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_j8mn1pb wrote

I accidentally observed that happening. That’s money I and others will be paying though.

The MTA is going to increase the fare because of a $300 million per year budget short fall..

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zed910 t1_j8oo4rv wrote

The solution is to quit using our taxes to pay for roads and a all the free surface parking spots then fully funding the MTA without needing to charge fairs.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_j8ophr5 wrote

So let the roads degrade just because we can’t expect people (who can very well afford it) to pay their transit fares?

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zed910 t1_j8or0bd wrote

Not just degrade, but strip them away for green space, bike lanes, trash bins, and public plazas (all of which cost less to maintain and would be better used by the public). We can even sell some of the land to developers to build on, not only would we get money from the sale of land but reoccurring tax revenue.

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