MTA: Half of NYC bus riders are cheating the fare
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The MTA estimates that nearly half of bus riders in New York City do not pay the fare and end up riding for free.
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This is a real problem. I usually found myself the only one paying. And the driver doesn’t get paid enough to confront maniacs, psychos or gangs
Who cares that's you pay your fair and stop complaining about what people are doing
Bring back the 1 dollar fair I bet you everyone will start paying
Boyscout
You’ve got that exactly backwards. He gets paid so much that he doesn’t even have to care who’s on the train.
@@GrantDWilliams82facts. Mta get what mta wants.
I just came off a bus where a woman walked on without paying and had the audacity to ask the driver if there's a reason he was driving so slow. People have a warped sense of entitlement these days that goes unchecked because they think others will pay their way. It's disgusting to see it from young and old.
people pay taxes into the system
@@GerogeChan half of nyc residents don't pay taxes.
Shut up 😂
@GerogeChan So what you're saying is the city should raise taxes to cover the costs of the people who don't pay?
I know black women are not human to you but they pay taxes too whether you like it or not. Actually all of our taxes bail out NYPD in hundreds of millions every year in lawsuits for their misconduct.
3 dollars for a bus ride is criminal… open up the mts books.. this has been happening for decades…decades…. How about you let us see where our money is going
The trains suck, delays or a break activated every day, infrastructure that needs to be updated, outdated system....
$3 dollars to go anywhere in the city. $100 dollars for an Uber to go across the the borough. Make it make sense.
its not mta its atm they will never open the books
@jrod3151 and the same people complaining got their latest phones, fancy clothes, etc. I see this shit all the time. Basically if you're not effing homeless, learn to budget and stop evading!
@@georgenieves4510Exactly 💯 During the pandemic, they were asked to be transparent about their operations & expenses, in exchange for a Government bailout; guess what they refused. I believe that our then-NYC Governor Cuomo (or Kathy Hochul) gave the BILLIONS 💸 anyways. F 'em.
Half of the bus riders don't pay? well, that's improved a lot.
lol for real because it’s most of the bus that won’t pay.
😂😂
Lol
it really depends on what bus line you are comparing.
You will never see police on the bus rush hour
Never seen a police inside a bus.
@@LanceBoyle-z2gUnless you see a Meter Maid Desi 👳
They don’t got time for that crap
He is right NY/🇺🇸 is a 3rd 🌏 country.
Well if that's the case it's always been a 3rd world country 😅
Evading fare has nothing to do with 3rd world country status. 🤣 Thailand is a 3rd world country and has barely any crime, is beautiful and actually has the most visited city on earth, Bangkok. Americans barely travel and have no clue how amazing 3rd world countries can be. They think they're all a warzone or something.
Ant no matter still gonna do it somehow
@@FunkyChild718Thailand is not third world!
It's like a Third World Central American country!
Why worry about bus evaders when they can’t even protect the border 😂
True
MTA is not responsible for protecting the border????................
Facts about that
😂😂😂
Good point!!!
How about giving riders better service. Imagine waiting 30 minutes for your bus to work, and when you finally get it, you can't fit in
30 minutes? That nothing sometimes I been waiting like a hour then six bus came at the same time and MTA doesn’t care the riders they only care themselves if they workers is having convenience schedule
Yeah lol, and when a bus comes four come at the same time and the ones in the back are nearly empty. This happens on BX12 all the time
There are cuts in service due to you damn thieves.
Get a car, you won't have these problems
@@Lar-e7y did you drive in New York city ? Where are you live?
Make buses free again
And how would the drivers get paid?
@@imrytebeehyneufrom the dozens of mystery taxes we pay everyday!
we pay so much taxes and it goes to it mta never foxes anything they still get our money
@@Mygreyhoundchannel exactly
Pay your fare
They kill me with the third world country crap. Tell transit to stop.raising the fare for people to be late to their destination, tell transit to cleanthe the disgusting dirty stations platforms, trains and elevators. MTA wants so much more more for less.
That’s a POOR EXCUSE. Food has gone up and other things have gone up and you still pay don’t you? YOU STILL have TO PAID , IT IS NOT A FREE RIDE❗️
Lol, that's not the reason why people aren't paying. The fare is only $2.90 and because people evade, they have to make up for the losses by hiking up the fare. You think busses and trains run on air??? You think you wave your fairy wand and twinkle away any maintenance problems? You think the transit drivers/conductors are volunteers? Uh, NO! They need livable wages, too. The money needs to come from somewhere, so if their own riders refuse to pay, what do you honestly expect?
@@NycBeauty I pay everyday, and it's not a poor excuse! Clean the stains platforms, buses and trains put people back into the booths. You must be a gentrified transplant from who the hell knows still learning.
Too bad
You could make the fare a penny and I guarantee there would still be people refusing to pay it
Stop taxing us so Fucking hard then maybe we’ll pay that fare , that’s why I bought a e-bike f**k fares and f**k Ubers
I bet you're black
F**K
That’s baloney. HALF of all Americans pay no income tax and I guarantee you many of those are the same ones nor paying their bus fare
Watch who u vote for nxt time
More than half of the riders don’t pay. Wait until the M116 goes back to requiring fares….no one will pay on that route.
It should be free with the high cost of food, gas, rent etc...
Maybe rent, food, gas, electricity and clothes should be free also. How about free cars, and weed and beer and sneakers, oh my!
So who will pay the cost for operating the bus? The drivers, repairs,fuel
no such thing as free...
@@kennydude7971😅😅😅😅
NYC sales tax covers it.
No enforcement and, if there is, there are NO consequences!!
They lying they know which bus # have more fare evaders put the cops on the pack bus lone
Plus the BLM riots handcuffed the police
2.90 is too much. They pay enough in taxes, it should be free. Change the headline to half of all riders pay too much.
The ruling class disagrees
2.90 is too much? Really?
@@geewizwiz3they should charge by distance like how other countries do. Then these entitled brats would know 2.90 is a steal. But they just steal service instead.
@@geewizwiz3 Yes, that' about $110 per Month to and from work. That's too much for people barley able to afford food right now.
@@petefaders Isn't a monthly bus pass cheaper? You get unlimited rides.
Mta can get tfoh. That janky ass train service should be free. There’s 10 minute delays every other stop. Your life is in danger once u enter an mta train or bus. And on top of that we live in low income environments so wtf u expect.
😂😂😂😂facts that's why I fare evade since 2008🏃🏃🏃💨💨💨. Plus I'm one of the poor people that can hardly afford my phone bill and buy clothes so fare evading is my privilege and my right. Screw the MTA and the NYPD.im the ginger bread man catch me if you can 😂😂😂😂. I ain't paid for no train or bus fare since 2008💪💪💪💪💯
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Straight up I drive mostly but I will hop the train or bus. I risk my life to take public transportation. Why should I pay when it’s not even safe?
@@tattoomesam exactly 💯😎💪
@@tattoomesam 👍🏾
MTA got a lot of nerve. Ever couple of years you raise the price but the subways and busses are dirty and dangerous. The only major update yall did was figure out a way to get our money faster via the tap option but the system went to 💩 years ago with no major ypdates. Give us a quality transit system then people will pay and not feel robbed.
I agree
This never happened during the Rudy days, the budget was healthy as a horse, now they keep getting into a bigger hole every freaken yr, what are they spending their $$ on?
There has been one fare increase in the past 8 years, what are you talking about? It was 2.75 from 2015 to 2023, and now it's 2.90.
@@gawi4405 not for 7 day, n 30 day unlimited metro cards, LIRR, n Metronorth fares
Bring back free bus rides
We should be provided a good service. 3 buses in a row then no bus for the next 30 minutes? Leaving us in a bus for 15 minutes on the middle of the route for switching drivers? Many people are fed up and don't want to pay for the horrendous service.
So don't pay and let it get worse. Brilliant solution. That's top barely-graduated-seventh-grade thinking right there! Excellent work! 👏👏👏
I just walk onto the bus, I don't pay. It's my personal protest.
Well Datz True 2🎯 Sometimes Da Service And Experience SUCKz 🎯 So Yeah Many People Do Feel Like Dat 🎯And Itz Not A Certain CROWD 🎯 I've Seen Damn Near EVERY Ethnicitys NOT PAying--- On Back In da Middle on Front 🎯 They Got ALL This Money They Givin 2 Migrants And Funding WARs in Other COUNTRIES That's Not America 🎯 Why Not Just EAT Dat And Chalk Up And Print Some Money like u BEEN 🎯Either They Got US Paying on Mass TRANSIT And Toll /Bridges--🎯Gettin OVER on TAX Payers- Now They Mad When Da People Gettin Over on them👈🏿😂😂😂😂
@@AdeleiTeillana are you slow?? I’d like you to experience coming from work from manhattan at 11 pm and try to take the Mta back to queens. You’ll never want to pay one fare ever again.
Exactly. Or they decide they don't want to finish the route after waiting 1hr, saying wait for the next bus which is another hr away. I usually end up walking at that point.
How is raising fares going to reduce the mta’s alleged debt? With the mta service being mediocre and a government screwing us over people will always ride for free Besides that there’s no honor among thieves
We already pay through taxes enough. Cut it out. Straining money from people who are already suffering from an inflation ridden, low waged, over taxed economy.
my point they get billion dollar handouts tax money tolls buses trains long Island they have enough money and they neve fix anything
MTA can afford useless big screen tvs, nice stations in nice neighborhoods, gun detectors in neighborhoods that don't even need it but can't even protect the citizens who ride it everyday.
Yes!!! They spend money on everything except for new rails, clean cars, and overpay a staff that sits around all night.
The MTA is a mess. Fares have risen but the quality of service continues to get worse. The bus i take to work is never on time, the route is undermanned so the buses are overly crowded, and most of the time the bus hasent been cleaned so it smells and various seats have litter on them.
But they expect clean, efficient, and safe travel on buses and trains. All of that costs money.
This is so true a lot of people just don't pay. It is just crazy to me how many people don't pay their way.
How about the CEO, put up his OWN money and reduce the fare. He makes MILLIONS of dollars. He talks about fairness', yet he has millions in the bank and offshore banks.
He’s slick, he’s turning commuters against each other and doesn’t want us to know where all the money is really going
Factz --MTA Can have These 4 FREE 🌭🌭🌭 4 All Da Crap they talkin 🎯 Get Bat Man And Robin 2 Be on Buses🎯 Or Stfu 😂😂😂😂
@tattoomesam Gotta Point! Well Aleast I know Where My Money's Not GOIN 🎯👍🏾🤣🤣🤣
I’m an operator out of Manhattan north (Mother Clara Hale). I can assure you two things. Majority of the people that don’t pay are in the areas above 96st (almost 90% of people in Harlem and East Harlem don’t pay especially in west Harlem Lenox Ave, 125th st, 116th, ACP Blvd., and St. Nicholas.) and two , yes we don’t get paid enough to risk assault by confronting those individuals, AND we’ve been trained to not challenge the fare as it’s not in our control as per the Zerega Training facility. The entitlement is what’s gets me, I don’t care if you don’t pay the fare honestly, I know 2.90$ is high af, but atleast don’t be a coward and look at me in my face and act like I’m a chump and walk right passed me with a look of “yeah I’m not paying , so what? Drive dickhead” that’s what makes me what to just stop the bus and have you looking stupid.
tell us about your pension $$$
Lol no surprise the people up there don't pay. It's all the race card
Lmao they willing to go after people on buses but not criminals doing violent crimes
Why bother when I pay I have to wait 23 minutes for a train? The service is terrible
And it's going to get a lot worse with most not paying to ride.
Maybe because there’s too many people on the trains and buses who aren’t paying ?
Overnight is more because there is always a delay
@@zeroman155fare hikes n cuts to service are goin to happen, they already say it, they lost a lot of $$
So it's broken enough that you won't pay for it, but not broken enough that you won't use it. Got it.
It's way more than 50%, at night it's about 1 in 25 at night.
I live in the Bronx. I take my bus on the first stop and there are about 40 to 50 people waiting for the same bus. When the bus opens the door everyone stampedes into the bus. I'm the only one that pays and I don't get a seat. Smh
The guy at 2:02 said all that needs to be said.
You got to be kidding. It's fare evasion not a shootout in front of city hall
you and that guy can go to a third world country and leave for all i care. we do not care how you feel..
they keep raising the rent, raising bus fares , raising gas prices, raising food prices and expect ppl to be able to afford bus fares?! the world is so money hungry its sad...
@@trenttotten7202 reggiN infested 3rd world for sure.
@@trenttotten7202@trenttotten7202 there are shootings and stabbings too..,stores being looted into bankruptcy… but I’m sure you don’t care about any type of crime anyway unless it involves Trump’s tax returns or January 6th.
Why would anyone pay for the Mta when improvements are not seen throughout the cities Mta system since I was a kid. Unreliable service why the f would anyone pay?????
They walk right thru the front of the bus
😂😂😂😂it's our privilege we can do what we want. Sorry about your own pockets not ours. Alot of us can't afford transportation like you hard working people, but we still have to travel to see our loved ones. We can't walk from Brooklyn to queens, or Brooklyn to the Bronx so we ride for free😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
@@snitchnine911You’re weird and entitled. Look how you sound. Humble yourself.
Especially if you get past 96th street in Manhattan along 3rd Ave people walk through or go through the last 2 doors
If the bus driver ain’t saying shit, then let them. Plus there are some folks that DO ask for a ride and get a pass
I noticed a dramatic rise in fare evasion after they implemented the raise from $2.75 to $2.90 without providing adequate service for their system.
Transit service has become so horrendous that taking the MTA truly feels like you’re in a 3rd world country. Actually scratch that 3rd world countries have better transportation than the MTA
Who in their right mind would pay $3.00 for bus when the bus is always late?
What are you complaining about? You and most other people don’t pay the fare anyway.
@sean2015 I am so glad you shoot crap
@sean2015 Why don't you look into that crystal ball of yours and tell me why the busses are always late. Just like yuh looked into yuh 🔮 and see that I don't pay my bus fare. Yuh shooting crap out yuh.
@@kamladoodnauth2378 why are the buses late? Let’s see, there is something called “traffic”, there’s something called “weather”…
AND…there are also late buses due to staffing issues. Drivers quitting. Not very many drivers are going to want to stick with a job where passengers are verbally and sometimes physically abusing them. I don’t know if you keep up with the news (I’m guessing you probably get your news only from TikTok) but there are bus drivers who have actually been stabbed, shot and sprayed with pepper spray. Yeah, and you can thank that worthless district attorney Alvin Bragg for always dropping charges against these horrible people and allowing them to walk and continue abusing others.
Does that answer your question?
@sean2015 Aahhh I see, so you are one them magats. Who always knows everything and yet they don't have evidence. Furthermore you have no clue which bus I am talking about. But yet, there shoot crap again.
Too many people aren't paying their fare. I've seen it.
As a NYC resident, The MTA buses have no sense of security, comfortability, or respect to demand a fare. Bus drivers often pick fights and catch attitudes with the average riders and are scared to confront the crazies. Sometimes they don’t clear the way for walkers or elderly and let people ride for free Homeless and all. They let the crazies on their bus and are too scared to even ask their stop but will watch them damage the inside of the bus. The ac unit is always partly functioning as well as the amount of people being absurd unsafe and highly irritated due to lack of service ( buses come by the 30 mins during the day and back to back if they’re late). There are several situations in which I have had to mediate or directly involve my own safety for the sake of others just to make sure we all get home safely. The Driver tucks his head when things get bad and is nasty towards the common person because of this I’ve found it safer to walk. Fix the MTA so it can be a paid provided service or make it free but terrible service is worse than not in service which happens more often than you think. The MTA’s budget has went into employment and those cameras that yall installed on every unit along with downsizing like locals didn’t notice. Check those cameras and see how many of these issues I pointed out are tangible, you’ll be surprised. Thank you for your time.
If the service was better with less “Emotionally disturbed persons”(crazy people) doing whatever they want, then I wouldn’t mind paying…
There was a time when bus drivers wouldn’t move the bus if you didn’t pay or they’ll make you get off after not paying. And it’s not like before where people only snuck in through the back exit, they’ll just go through the front and give the bus driver a head nod or not even acknowledge the driver at all. And it’s not just one borough, it’s all boroughs. Once they fully implement OMNY, they might be able to do random inspections like how they do on SBS routes.
Bring back the good old days. We couldn't get away with this back in the days and would at least ASK to get on the bus. Now they act like the driver doesn't exist.
lol u didn’t hear the news. MTA says OMNY is a failure so they are scrapping it and about to find another company to contract to and waste more money lmao
@@tattoomesam They’re not scrapping OMNY. They’re demoting Cubic from part of the OMNY implementation.
@@toneriggz thx for clearing it up, either way I’m using neither. I hop the train and bus. If one of those select bus guys make me get off they better be fast cuz I’m running. I’m gonna make them earn their pay. If they let me make it to my street and they still gonna follow me I wish them luck cuz my peoples gonna “accidentally” bump into them. U seen those guys they all overweight. None of them can outrun me anyway so I don’t think they gonna even try.
@@tattoomesamyou sound like a winner 🥇
They evade the fare because they can..at least with SBS Buses the fare inspectors get on and check if people got the ticket or payed with OMNY. Local buses have no enforcement at all, even when the bus isn’t crowded they still walk by the Operator or go through the back door. Non SBS Buses that are articulated with high ridership get hit hard with fare beaters all day.
Also reduce the price, that's a lot. All should pay the fares to keep buses running, so many need.
I don't pay my fare haven't paid since it been $2.25 years ago
man I remember when the fare was 2.5$ and then 2.75$. closing into 3$ is nuts
So what are you complaining about then if you’re getting a free ride?
$2.25 ended in 2013. Adjusted for inflation, that's $3.04 in today's dollars. So it's actually cheaper now.
@@gawi4405 nothing is cheaper than “free”, and half the people in NYC don’t pay their fares
Please the MTA makes tons of money
Also the issue with the MTA not enforcing the fare is that it doesn’t keep bad people, homeless , and emotionally disturbed people out of the the system, because almost 80% of those people are people that didn’t pay they’re fares, if the only people on the bus or train were people that actually swiped or tapped and all those foul individuals were left walking the crime would remain on the street and not in the system.
MTA needs to be free - stop sending taxpayer money to IZZrael
People dont care anymore. Period. On the highways, the shoulders have become driving lanes.
This whole situation is a feedback loop. Bus service gets worse; some people stop paying the fare; bus service gets even worse; more people stop paying the fare. If you refuse to spare $3 to use public transit, then you don't get the right to complain about it. Pay up or shut up - that's the only way we can fix NYC's buses.
Bus should be free
... no. It's the principle of paying for a transportation service.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or a free bus fare
Why?
@CGmane258 they are TAX FUNDED.
@@bemiatto67 and the taxes can increase
This is the reason they tried to put in "congestion pricing"
That whole back door only to protect the driver thing was absurd with no foundation in fact.
"why isnt our transit system like europe or asia" its cuz of shit like this, and to add salt to the wound, kathy hochul cancelled congestion pricing
Cuz countries work differently from each other. They don’t have to act the same
I have taking the train and bus for years and I can tell you from 1st hand experience about 75% of people don’t pay on the bus and probably 50% of the people don’t pay on the subway .
I live in Chicago and I’d estimate about 25-35 percent of the riders don’t pay their fare. Ironically the problem seems slightly worse on the buses. You’d think it would be worse on the trains since people boarding buses have to pass right by a CTA employee.
Whenever I take the bus(es) I will see at least 10-15 ( maybe more) either not pay or go through the back doors. !
People with integrity are growing. Not personal honor.
Usual suspects are doing the massive fare evading.
I see it everyday. It’s usually them 99% of the time.
That is FALSE, I drive a Bus in Manhattan,, and i can say ALL RACES ride for free. Even people that i know have jobs. Whites Blacks Latinos ILLEGALS it's a hot mess since the Pandemic.
Now y’all are just exaggerating the % for. I reason
As if any of y’all are that innocent
NYC should just quit. Start over. It sucks, people are rude, your pizza sucks, and your progressive policies are a joke, and your streets smell horrible. Just give up.
Or YOU can just gtfo and go to another state or country. You don’t know great pizza till you actually to go all of the best spots. People are Ruse everywhere not just NY. Just leave
I see it every Day to and from Work,
It’s insane. The bus drivers were told to let them on w no resistance. I’d love to do that and just walk on but I honestly have more respect for myself than that. I understand letting kids or students do it but full grown adults especially people that are working and have a job. People have no respect for themselves.
@anthonyurgitano2114 that happened when the union for transit cane to an agreement with management after a passenger stabbed a driver to death a few years ago on the B 44 Nostrand Avenue route. Driver told him to pay his fare. He got angry and pulled out a knife stabbed the driver to death. Before that incident most times the driver would tell them pay their fare or even not move the bus. The union agreement is backfiring because loss of revenue could put some drivers out of a job.
The 3rd world country comment is accurate
Why are we focusing on this when we gave looters and murderers running around?
People in that city accept living in fear. What a disgrace to this country. Their American card needs to be revoked.
Pay your fair and go or Arrested and prison what do you like.!?
Stop raising the fares PLEASE!
You want to make MTA better? Stop hiring leaders who have never rode the bus or train in NYC.
I miss the 90s early 2000s NYC before 911 and Biden
Brother loved it back then. Farrockaway queens
Yankees were a professional team too, no stupid selfish athletes not hustling
A real manager
Nobody in the Bronx pays lol
Not everyone in the Bronx is a POS.
@@NP-zs5ui yea only 95% 😂
@@DejiiJones_ Not that high, but definitely the majority.
If the MTA had balls, just cut out the stops or lines with the most fare evasions. Teach those communities a lesson.
That will be every area in NYC then.
@@DerrickSmith-ei9kj Cool. Then everyone can get an Uber. They campaigned that they were cheap and will pick up fares in underserved neighborhoods.
@@Gravesend83then the Ubers will get robbed more often
@@Gravesend83 good luck with that as a MTA driver i can tell you every area in the City has teens migrants adults getting on for free.
@@DerrickSmith-ei9kj
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public transport like trains and buses should be free except for flat earthers
The DAs don’t prosecute this offense.
One word: Inflation
The problem is people don't have it, and i'm talking about people here Legally and Illegally. I blame The Mayor, Governor, and President Harris.
If people don’t have it then that’s on them. They’re losers and will stay that way for their entire lives.
@@chrissthill Say what you want i drive a bus in Manhattan, Teens Migrants Blacks Whites and Latinos ride free. And alot of Construction Workers with jobs too.
@@DerrickSmith-ei9kj which line
Actually there's a program for those who can't afford to pay the full fare. It's called the fair fares program.
@@cliffpadilla5871facts 1.45 cents and it’s a damn shame people are like this
I was just talking to my son about this…I was on a bus in Brooklyn and so many people come through the back door and don’t pay the fare…it makes me so mad I watch them even argue for seats and they didn’t pay the fare…I watched this heavy set man who had the nerves to take up 2 seats and not pay to come on the bus…something definitely needs to be done for sure…
Fun fact: In inflation-adjusted terms, the fare is exactly the same as it was in 1975.
The bus drivers also let the free loaders not pay without saying anything.
They aren’t security guards, they’re bus operators. Their main priority/task being safe operation of commercial vehicles. Let NYPD or MTA Police handle fare inspection
The fuck they gonna do?
The fare is too high for most people.
If can't afford 6$ a day to get back and forth somewhere, just give up. It's really sad.
They need to stop raising the fares ppl obviously don’t got it like that
They raised the fare 15 cents after 8 years of 2.75. How much did eggs go up in that amount of time?
MTA always say that when they want to increase the fare. Bus drivers are vigilante about fare beaters when I choose to take the bus.
In areas where half the people don’t pay they should discontinue the bus service.
Yep, I see this all the time. They have no SHAME❗️
Most people are broke.
Protip: lower the f'ing fare. If the fare doesn't decrease, then we deserve to f'ing boycott it. Find better alternatives. Take up carpooling or use bikes, scooters, and/or skates.
Fare evasion is not costing MTA it’s the greedy higher highs. MTA should be free!
More like 90% in the Bronx
As much tax as we pay as much money as they hide, as much unnecessary overtime is given, the much better benefits employees brag and look down on others about, it should be free.
It happens every day in the Bronx even the subway! People think they are entitled and there is no punishment? lousy justice system. The people doing right suffer.
Imagine this is the first time you hear this
How about lowering the prices???? Notice how the frequency of turnstile jumping increased exponentially after the price raise? Most people don’t wanna have to be ripped off to ride unsafe, unclean, and dangerous public transit!!! Lower it to 1.90 and you’ll see almost everyone pay
Mayor Adams has made an under the table agreement with the Black community. Enter a bus and request a free ride. The driver is obligated to give any Black rider a free pass.
If it’s a money drain just drop the transit system and focus on making the subways safer
I pay my fare. Well at least half the population is still somewhat decent. That’s better than nothing
There’s no need for police on the bus. That will lead to a black or brown person being murdered over the suspicion that they didn’t pay the fare.
Do what they do in other major cities. You buy a ticket then validate it at the location where you board the train or bus. Then have ticket agents do random checks. Not every bus needs to have ticket agents, but if you never know when you’re going to be asked to show your valid ticket you’re more likely to have one.
Charge a fine that is double or triple the fares. It will make most people just pay the fare in the first place.
the only person to blame is the MTA when i go to buy my fare it say only single fail for 3.24 $ or credit card and no bill got senior citizen reduced fare if you don't believe go to the train station fort hamilton the N train on 11th ave
I don't know why people don't sign up for the fanfares card.its half price off.
I have the fare fares half fare card I still don't pay
@@m0n3y420 then you really a bum
@@malaysia1475 if you think so
Make it free. Bus fares are just a tax on poor people.
what if someone just cnt afford to pay but still need to show up to work
some ppl work and get paid just to pay bills an buy food
They can get reduced fair metro cards that goes according to their income
No excuses. find a way.
But let's implement congestive pricing and raise the toll on all the private vehicles so they can all ride for free. And the cost of all goods and services will go up even more thereby passing the costs back to those same bus riders.
Get on the bus without😮 payment ask the driver why the bus is late or to turn off the a/c because theyre cold.
The people pay for the buses, the use should be free.
just make it free that's why we pay taxes