I was arrested for fare jumping in nyc twenty something years ago (had tokens, had money, but that station had gone to card only. No machine to buy the card, so a friend tried to get a few of us through on his). I’m not angry if someone randomly jumps, but it was absurd to see almost everyone at several stops do it, and have no one care. No one needs to go to jail over $2, but what message does it send when the people in charge are literally looking the other way? Move on to the next post where people are complaining about being assaulted or harassed, and nothing is done. The point is that the people being paid to watch out for us give zero fucks and aren’t even pretending to do their jobs .

Also agree that public transit should be free.