With fare evasion fines now sitting at $100 and an experiment in place in the Bronx that could revolutionize bus service in New York, the MTA is going to ramp up its fare-evasion countermeasures. According to Daily News reporters Tayanika Samuels and Pete Donohue, transit officials are going to stop warning people who don’t pay their fares and will instead hand out tickets to those attempting to sneak onto the BX12 buses.
My favorite part of the story is this quote from Bronx resident Nadya Medina: “”Electricity’s high. Rent is high. Everything is increasing. Now, they want to fine you $100 to take the bus. It’s not fair.” No, Nadya. They just want you to pay your fare. It’s not that hard to figure out.
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I’ve had the ..pleasure of taking this bus a few times and was wondering when they would 1: inspect these little slips and 2: keep them so they aren’t used on the return trip. Another thing is that when a passenger uses coins to get a receipt they don’t get a transfer or maybe the driver can produce one?
What should anger riders about this new “service” is that the wait for riders to get their fare into the machine hasn’t changed. All of the driver’s I’ve seen actually wait for the shelter to empty out before closing the doors. How is this any different than when the driver waits as we board the bus?!
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