Study: Nearly half of MTA bus riders are not paying fares
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- According to a shocking new study, nearly half of bus riders in New York City are not paying their fares, up 30% from 2020. FOX 5 NY's Antwan Lewis looks at the steps the MTA is taking to deal with the problem.
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People who don't pay shouldn't complain about how terrible the service is, they contribute nothing
Doubt they complain
@@chiquita683 Sure they do
Yes they should, maybe if service improves they'll pay
@@chiquita683 They definitely complain. In fact, I’ve seen people justify not paying because they feel the service sucks.
@@toneriggza lot of us don’t pay due to this reason , what are we paying for?…
Only half? Things are improving! People aren't paying because it's not being enforced. It has nothing to do with the price.
Should be by distance. $2.90 flat fare is unsustainable.
13%
Right. I feel like I'm the only one that pay when I ride the bus.
Lucky for you the price may not be a problem, but that 3 dollars start to add up
@@IslamIqra5 minimum wage is $15 in NYC. You work a half hour and you get $6 to pay the the train... no excuse for not paying it.
The MTA never has $$ yet these executives always increase their salaries.
And people still vote for democrats who allow it. So who is really to blame?
Exactly
Not only that but their lazy employees and contractors are riding the gravy train too, with fake overtime and exorbitant contract fees.
Dumb idea, but city tax is already high and used to subsidize the MTA. Why not raise city tax on those that make over $100k and make transportation free to all New Yorkers?
Why not stop being a socialist and grow up?
Why should pay more taxes for people to ride the bus for free? My taxes are in the sky and still, I have to pay for public transportation
I am a college student who is paying tuition out of pocket and working part-time. I am able to develop a budget that allows me to allocate money for commuting. Yes, my finances are thin, but I am still able to save money and enjoy life in NYC.
Good, so many college students are comminists wanting their loans repaid for them
If you haven't already, might wanna check if you're eligible for reduced fare ❤ Hang in there
In the Bronx it’s 80%
Heres what NYC should do. They clearly have a problem with people paying for crappy services. So just make the services free. It will help people get around faster, easier, making the city economically more viable. Raise taxes on every resident, office, company in the city. That pays for it.
worry about paying close to 3 dollar for a ride? But not the asylum seeker living for free, free transpiration and free food. While your punishing to even afford a meal cause everything is too expensive. And you have no choice, cause you can't stop paid taxes that are going to benefit other people that don't even paid taxes.
Both are big problems. Wrong is wrong.
People should start cooking at home to save money
Vote better
@@georgeplagianos6487how about we stop voting blue and address the issue not adjust to it?
What does one have to do with the other.?? Stop trying to justify theft.. Not paying your fare is theft of services.
I can't understand people complaining of the fares,, but are wearing expensive air Jordan shoes,, expensive wigs/weaves,, expensive iPhones,, expensive Manicures and pedicures,, but pretending they can't pay the train or bus fares. Only in America they get away with lawlessness. There are NO LAWS in America. America is @ an ALL TIME LOW.
How do you know they pay for all that too?
(1) Those are all cheap bootlegs from Chinatown (2) Those are one time purchases, fares are cumulative every day (3) it's not just us "13%ers" that skip fares, literally all groups do it.
You sound yt 😂
U think it’s bad now? u ain’t seen nothing yt! If Harris gets in, it will really get bad!
How to say torie racist without saying it. Surprisingly you only named things black people do. I wonder why 😂
It’s more then 50% that do not pay .. That’s insane no one is doing anything about this .. unexceptable . That’s BS there is way to pay half fair if u don’t have income if you qualify .
I dont know how you cant pay for a bus ride, thats embarassing.
Covid? This has been going forever. Lol
It didn't officially end in NYC until about a year ago. This isnt flyover redneck country where no one cares about public health.
I pay my fare all the time, meanwhile others are fare evading. Am I considered a sucker? 😮 💯
Yes 😂
I remember when the bus would kick you off and if you didn’t pay the bus fair, he pulled the bus out of service everybody get off
That $3 starts to add up for some of us and with the raised prices of rent and groceries, I’d rather worry about paying for those things first
Then stop voting blue
if it isnt enforced...why would anyone pay??? Janno is the biggest bonehead in the history of the MTA...
Honest people don't need to be watched The same doing other crimes are doing this part of enrichment
Weird analogy: violate the law because no one is watching.
I got on a bus and out of 40 people maybe 3 paid .
What bus
Just make buses free!!
Said the right words!
People stealing thousands from stores daily and they get no penalty but we worried about giving tickets to ppl not paying 2.90. Lord.
I feel their priorities are just comedic at this point
And don't forget squatters and deadbeat tenantis are doing way worse Robbing from us Mom and Pop landlords close to 100,000 in my case mostly because of covid and it's horrible Democratic laws
Not paying a fare is still breaking the law so what's your point?
@@IslamIqra5priority is to uphold the law no matter how unimportant you may feel it is.
The argument is that they won't be able to operate the buses if no one pays because they must maintain the buses and pay the workers. If 50% do not pay, they will increase the fare, so the other 50% will spend more and/ or ask for money from the government (taxpayers' money).
And the MTA wonder why they are in a red. This was always there.
So because the MTA can’t get people to pay for mass transit, they are going after us that drive……
If you said this on Reddit, you’d get downvoted to oblivion
Good point
When I rode the city buses & trains to H.S. in Manhattan, in the early 1960's, the
fare was $.15! Also, the tolls on most NYC bridges & tunnels were either $.25 to $.50!
How does the MTA justify these outrageously high, current charges, sometimes
to go only a short distance? If they charged a fair price, say $1.00, less would not pay!
I’m waiting on the MTA to cut service on the buses & even the trains because of this. Like someone here said, if you don’t pay then you have no business complaining because you don’t exist so that complaint doesn’t mean a damn thing. I just want to see riders be held accountable & it’s tiring to see people not only be criminals but brag about being criminals. It’s disgraceful & disgusting.
So the people who are paying must suffer and be late for work.
They’ll nevet cut it,you sound Crazy💯
@@bernardwhite4722 we’ll see how crazy i sound when it actually happen. The joke will be on YOU 💯
Once people get used to not paying,its gonna be hard to go back to the way it was.The MTA is in big trouble now,which means NYC will be laying folks off.Another reason to leave NYC.
Just noticed? I bet only 20 % actually pay…and I bet 40 % actually pay on the subway…maybe I’m hallucinating…
Stop raising fares then
THats really D LI M B
Yup it keeps going up and up
@@silentmajority8365how is it dumb when they said in 2025 it's going to 3 dollars and in 2026 it's going to 3.14 cents the only person who seems dumb is you you must like your money getting thin I'm shore you support immigrants also 😭....God bless your soul
How about cops just out of the academy randomly, placed on buses to hand out tickets and arrest if necessary.
Arrest for 2.90😂
@@IslamIqra5these people are crazy lmaoo arresting people for 2$ is wild 😭😭😭
We paying to cross a bridge( ezpass ) we paying a train, a cab, a bus, paying for parking, gas
Something has to give..
The easy fix is to be NO SIDE EXISTING. Greyhound AND School Buses has Back EMERGENCY DOOR. Get that Money
Might as well save my $2.90 like the rest of them.
I CONCUR 😊
You must be poor like the rest of them.😊
@@houseofbryks_ Anyone that doesn't make 6 figures in NYC is comparatively poor.
Even those that make over 100k still struggle with some payments.
The MTA should stop complaining about fare evasion when they are providing poor service also the money that the MTA get from collecting fares is only a small percent of what the MTA get in revenue
A friend of mine drove the bus for 25 years. He said they didn’t pay when Rudy , Bloomberg, mayor big bird and Adams were mayor. Nothing gonna change. The Mta a bunch of dummies. They let this go on too long. How can you stop it now. Good luck
Start punishing communities by taking away stops. Pretty easy. They can call for Uber.
@@masonjones3780 Fare evasion is way more prevalent now than ever before. And I say this as someone who’s taken MTA trains and buses my whole life. Yeah, there were farebeaters in the 90’s and early 2000s but not as much as now. I would say maybe 25% or slightly under that would evade the fares overall (different neighborhoods have different percentages) back then but right now, overall, it’s at least 50% if not slightly more than that.
@@Gravesend83it is that serious😂how do you think people are going to commute to work to keep this city alive dummy…
@@toneriggz my friend drove the bus in Brooklyn for 25 years. In my time. Oops I mean my friends time working there nobody been paying for years. It’s just now coming to light. Maybe on the train they were paying. On the buses I drove. Oops I mean my friend drove. Nobody ever paid! Maybe a few more now. But nobody been paying on the buses for years!
Why should one pay and others don't. 125th St and Lexington Ave Police are at the station they let passengers just walk through
Nobody wants problems at 125 & Lex, not even NYPD. It's zombieland out there
@@DarthFuriethat needs to be adressed
Reduce the fares to a tolerable level to get ridership numbers way up and ENFORCE payment.
Some places cut fares more than half and actually showed a PROFIT rather than loosing money on half empty busses.
Costs are the same empty of full to run that bus!
The buses are not providing a service worthy of paying for
$2.75 from Wakefield to Tottenville vs a $127.50 Uber?
@@BlimpCityFeeder2.75 to get stabbed harassed and exposed to countless dangers..
@@copekillzz $2.75 on those good days seeing fellow riders with similar schedules or $0 when the bus card/coin reader didn’t work.
But you are riding on the bus. Then walk
I guess they should just get rid of the bus.
Did they fix the metro card system
Tap and go doesn't work on all bus. So are they supposed to carry additional fare. Like the yellow Metro card which is suppose to be faded out.
Perhaps they carry coin since you don't have bill machines on the bus like other state.
Maybe they don't have exact change like no coins.
Should they asked the next rider for change or a fare swipe in exchange for three dollars.
The new MTA card is not at every train station nor are refill available.
I SPOKE ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
Probably i should walk. Exercise lol
$6 (and $14 toll) back and forth from work adds up real quick. I support fare evasion.
MTA bus transportation should be free, it mainly servers the poor, young and the elderly. It gets people where they need to be, instead investing in fancy ticketing systems, surveillance and CEO salaries, MTA should focus in getting funds from government which should be supporting its own USA citizens instead of funding endless war worldwide.
Facts 💯
Reduce the fare.
If they are too cheap to pay for enforcement officers then that is on them.
It's too expensive anyway.
A lot of people are not paying. I see it daily. I found very odd. I was wondering why I always paid an people will enter the bus without paying. The drivers don’t addressed either
because MTA TELL US DRIVERS NOT TO SAY ANYTHING TO AVOID CONFLICT AND POSSIBLE ASSAULT. MTA ARE COWARDS!!!!
Instead of fixing this, they want to create another tax on the city called congestion pricing, which will hurt everyone, especially the people who are already trying to make ends meet.
Ride the bus for free then, problem solved 😂
Stop raising the damn fair ...
I’m a broke college student. I cannot afford to pay for the bus or the train. Again, I cannot afford to pay. I don’t have an extra $130 a month to afford moving around the city. The city should learn how to lower their operations cost by making the buses electric and powered by renewables. This is NYC. We have the resources.
Meanwhile, I see dudes keeping the emergency exit open at the train stations and charging $1 to let people pass. And we got MTA workers stationed at other exits watching as people jump the turnstile.
Fare evasion is a police matter.. not an mta employee matter..
More like 90% do not pay for the fare!!! I ride multiple buses daily and 1 of 10 people Don't pay....
Not shocking at all, I see it all the time. Bus drivers used to stop the bus and not move until the farebeater exits the bus. Now, most bus drivers allow it although I have a seen a couple drivers who call out farebeaters. The only real solution is to treat buses like SBS. Do random inspections. And that will only work after the OMNY system is fully implemented and coins and Metrocards are eliminated.
Exactly. at a certain point the rest of the bus riders are going to throw the fare beater off the bus themselves. Won't even have to wait for the police.
That's why the MTA is ending the fare-free pilot for real this August 31st.
Not sorry, if you want me to pay, make everyone else pay that’s how you start! Make life fair … Unacceptable to pay while everyone else just gets on free
Two MTA CARDS IN MY WALLET. THE YELLOW AND BLACK AND THE BLACK AND WHITE.
If the bus line does not bring in enough money it's a very simple solution: discontinue that line. Let them all walk until they learn to appreciate what they have. The sense of entitlement of these people is off the charts.
Why would we pay?
They better make sure 100% passengers pay the bus fare before bringing back congestion pricing. If bus passengers don’t pay their fares, then why should subway riders pay theirs? And why should drivers pay their bridges and tunnels toll ?
Beware studies about an agency conducted by the agency.
Mind ur bizness when people dont pay
Does this include the illegals?
The MTA president is in denial. About people paying to ride the bus or train. That has been happening for years. He is a clueless person
Two weeks ago, I went to visit a friend and took S62 bus and saw about at least thirty people didn't pay, some even entered from the rear door.
Did you die
I never paid for the bus never not even once never
If I had the money, I would pay
Same as in subway
So MTA has free fares all the time...unlike NJ Transit which is just fo rthis week.
I always exit from FRONT door to prevent the fare beaters from entering the back door.
Why Iam paying for this with my expass … crossing bridges…
If you want people to ride the bus, make it FREE.
Maybe lower your prices and have better service? For starters.
How about record profits and all the price gouging.
Make it free!!
It should be free
WHY?
@@DreiSkins101 bc our taxes go toward public transportation yet all the delays keep happening, other countries have free transportation yet they seem to me functioning fine, and LASTLY EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE AS IS
@@kp007__ Pay your fare!!!!
I don’t know if I believe these numbers when i am on the bus I don’t see half the people not paying fare only time that really happens is when the bus is packed and people get on the back
Fares too high thats sad
People don’t pay because they don’t want to pay and believe the NY mass transportation should be free. 🤷🏾♀️
If there's no punishment for fare-beating, dishonest people will do it.
people are getting shot , stabbed, robbed and all other crap on their system. but they worried about fare evasion... like... people are losing they lives commuting in their system...foh
and Janno got the guts to push the burden onto drivers with congestion pricing...
I felt like an idiot everytime I pay the $2.90 using my applepay while easily 5 others jump the turnstile. Now I just drive when I can to outer boroughs, don't have to deal with the ratchets
That doesn’t surprise me… I see it all the time … then on the train in front of the guy in the booth just stays there watching bunch of people jumping over the meter and I get pissed off because I am paying my shit… makes me think I should start jumping it too..
That's good. Why pay for the bus or train when these dam buses or trains are never on time always make people late to work or school
YOU make yourself late to work or school
Since you don't understand that simple concept, that's why you're riding the bus in the first place.
They’ve only gotten bolder with fare evasion and it’s not stopping anytime soon….
$2.90 fair $4.000 for a studio apartment food prices are high as hell. Everything is getting smaller. Rents are through the roof. These MTA Presidents are making $Millions of dollars. Service is crappy. They get a new President every Week and they're complaining about people getting on the bus and trains for free.
It's $136 dollars for a monthly MetroCard which I have to buy every month.
Why should u pay for the bus when you wanna go up n u gotta wait 30 minutes for the bus whilst 5 in a row going the opposite direction n same sh8t vice versa. Then when u finally get one it’s packed asf
Once they started increasing the prices to almost $3 per ride, most people stopped paying. The prices should be around $1. Alot more than 40% where I live, maybe 95%.
I got a good idea. Charge the law abiding citizen congestion pricing. Enforce it MTA!
If this is even REMOTELY true then lower the prices? Seems idiotic
It’s not shocking when there’s no consequences
The MTA brought this huge mess down on themselves during the pandemic...A major part of MTA's problems start from the top...Critical thinking is needed when in charge of any type of business... Management seems to be disconnected from the rank and file...For example this past Sunday the 7 train did not go into Manhatten it stopped at Queensboro Plaza and went back to Flushing Main St...Why would they do this on a Sunday?? The entire platform upper and lower at Queensboro Plaza was packed beyond allowable capacity!!! It was a nightmare as usual...Management/Supervision is the cause of many of the MTA's problems...They just don't get it....They spoiled the people when they waived the fare during the pandemic..Now they want people to pay a fare that has increased since the pandemic...And those Security Gaurds that Management hired to deter subway fare evaders is a JOKE!!! People are still evading the fare right in front of them...The Gaurds just pretend they don't see it...What a waste of tax payer dollars...This is just another DUMB idea from Management/Supervision....
Then WALK!!
SHOCK. Not. And the Subway too.
just now, MTA will start cutting off on some service that bringing enough money just think about. Those buses are half million that is expensive to maintain and don’t mention at the end of the day they gotta refill them
Just make Buses Free ! 😊
I remember when i was 18 i jumped the train with my girlfriend and we both went to jail,like through the system,we spent the night,now you just get a ticket, of course we're going to hop every chance we get,i never pay
seattle light rail which is worse in almost every way than the nyc subway has no fare gates and charges 20 cents more than the mta, yet fare evasion is around 3%. its not about price or quality, its the complete lack of enforcement
Turn off the bus system in the city. Let them take the taxi, or they walk to the destination.
Bus driver should not move bus
It’s not that complicated
It’s mta fault,,,its not there money so they don’t give a shit!!!
Bus drivers want their paycheck and to go home at night.
Not going to hospital or worse for telling Jaquan to pay for bus.
@@albundy06 Nice try bigot but everyone skips fares. Matt, Amy, Kate, Jose, Carmen, Chen, Xu and Philipe too.
@@duckmercy11Matt doesn't want to ride the bus with you.
And Matt doesn't assault the bus drivers. The bus drivers don't fear not going home at night or going to the hospital because of Karen and Matt.
It's Tyrone laquisha And Hector
And not everybody skips the fares at the same rate.
Try again
Stop the violence .
50% is ridiculous. Their answer is to steal the money from working honest people driving in Manhattan.
I’m not surprised .. been going on for years especially on certain routes. It’s been more like 95% don’t pay.
What's so new about this? This has been happening for years, even before covid
So the rates go up and are forced on people who do pay, paying for the non-payers.
Some don’t pay at all when they are supposed to