Posted on 06/24/2019 9:23:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Leftists, particularly in Bill De Blasio's New York, are always trying to shove people into public transportation. Never mind that the subways are full of robbers, gropers, stinkers, and pushers, never mind that the public buses are horrible to ride, crowded, jerky, slow, complete with atrocious customer service. (An exception, of course, is made for illegals, with drivers licenses now being issued to that crowd, the better to get their votes). But everyone else is expected to ride the bus.
And sure enough, bus conditions are pretty horrible even as New York's bus service is now losing money.
The problem? A quarter of the commuters crowding up and sometimes stinking up the bus aren't paying the fare. Here's the New York Post, on the case:
More and more riders are boarding city buses without paying the fare, according to new MTA data for the first quarter of 2019.
The cheapskates run most rampant on local bus routes, where one in every four riders skirts the fare, representing a 35-percent spike from the same time period in 2018.
Turnstile-jumping on the subways is also on the rise, though it remains far less frequent at approximately 3.9 percent of riders, the data, released ahead of the agency’s Monday board meeting, shows.
By comparison, transit agencies around the globe average fare-evasion rates of 2.1 percent on subways and 4.1 percent on buses.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Oh phhhhtt...it’s just beginning.
It’ll get much, much worse in a very short time. And there won’t be buses any more if they don’t change course.
[Never mind that the subways are full of robbers, gropers, stinkers, and pushers]
I had no idea Biden rode the subway.
Who would have thunk this would happen?
The lawbreakers are thinking;
“Why should I pay? What do I have to lose by not paying?
Some Agent in a locked glass booth gives me the evil eye?
So What?
So you just get on the bus and walk past the driver.
And he just presses a button to indicate another ‘non-fare’ rider.
[ Broken Windows: Lefty scheme to decriminalize NY bus fare jumping leads to 1/4 of riders not paying ]
This will end well.
Liberals will demand to know:
a) How this happened? and
b) Where are the police? (including any transit authority cops)
They will then proceed to blame:
a) President Trump
b) Global Warming
and ignore voting Democrat.
You truly cannot fix stupid.
The normal people will pay, as they do now. Fares will rise, and the normal people will pay, as they do now.
I haven’t ridden on a bus for decades. Some of the passengers make it a very unpleasant ride. Nothing happens to them.
Take a bus on Staten Island & watch them just get on.
The city is on a self-destruct path
Tolerating crime increases crime?
Ridiculous!
Simple lib solution. Raise fares by 1/4 on those who still pay. We’ll sit back and enjoy the show.
Who could have predicted? These things are a mystery.
Mayor Warren Wilhelm III has the solution, and that solution is FREE FARES FOR ALL. He is referring to it as the FFFA solution and is demanding that President Trump provide an annual grant to cover the loss of fare money.
If it is no longer required to pay the fare, why do the subways still have turnstiles?
This is discrimination against all people not agile enough to jump the turnstile. Older and fatter straphangers should sue the subway to have the turnstiles removed, to make it fair.
“paying bus fare is optional? Then I’m ridinng free!”
“Gimme a “ho” if you got your funky bus fare “
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