But they live in a city with a communist mayor, run by a socialist party. Why should they have to pay for essential transportation?
I guess they have to be allowed on the bus.
What do you expect from a city full of RAT filth.
This is a result of having the police ignore “quality of life” crimes. One of the first things Giuliani did was to arrest subway turnstile jumpers. That set the tone for success.
Escape From New York.
I guess they have to be allowed on the bus.
What do you expect from a city full of RAT filth.
NY City needs to go bankrupt.
Its being held together at this point by the printed, fiat US dollar, massive debt and ultra-low Federal Reserve interest rates.
Easy. Just raise the fare another 20%. Do I have to think of everything?
Okay, 25% I didn’t say I was good at math.
Easy to solve this problem, stop pushing F5
Wow! I’m so out of touch!
Haven’t ridden a city bus in decades. Back then, you HAD to pay to ride.
But I guess lots of things have changed since those days.
The Demo NYC Rats pols in power steal from their DemRat voters who in turn steal back like this scenario and yet they are all wedded in dysfunctional kinship. When all the cheese runs out then lookout.
How much money does the MTA spend on bureaucracy and overhead? Maybe it should do an audit of itself, cut unnecessary expenses, modify some lanes, and introduce a flat $1 fee for everyone (yes, including kids), instead of this group getting reduced fare, and that group of people not paying because their Muslim or something.
If the reported figure is 22%, the true figure is almost certainly much higher.
No sweat it’s a socialist state. Everything is subsidized by high taxes.
The F5 button should summon a police car where the evader is taken off the bus and given a ticket at the next stop.
Repeat offenders get called in to the judge to explain themselves.
Ruin their day AND make everyone else wait, and the problem will take care of itself. No one has common sense anymore.
Tomorrow we be F5...... why pay when there is no penalty!
The bus drivers are afraid to confront these fare beaters. Can’t say i blame them. They’re defiant. Saw it often on my Staten Island commute to Manhattan.
In Phoenix, if you somehow manage to get past the driver he will stop the bus and not Move until the deadbeat gets off or until police arrive to drag him off. They usually leave.
The Q65 bus came to a stop along a residential block in Queens and a construction worker stepped onboard. He walked past the farebox without paying. The driver pushed the F5 button on his dashboard.
At the next stop, an older woman with a cane climbed on and gave the driver a hearty wave. She, too, did not pay. Again the driver pressed F5.
Who the heck had the bright idea of putting a F5 button on the bus? You tell them “pay or get off”.
If they don’t you call the police and have them arrested for disturbing the peace.
I am so sick of these criminals who do this crap because they know no one will do anything. Like the ‘refugee’s’ who grab beer from a store and walk right past the checkout counter, waving at the clerk.
Free bus rides? Dallas has that beat. Shoplift up to $750 worth of a ‘necessary’ item and you won’t be prosecuted.
And if it isn’t a crime to steal it, it is likely illegal for the store personnel to detain you to get the items back. Assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping if they make you go to the store office...