Metro rolls out new, higher gates to tackle fare evasion
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2023
- New gates have been installed at the Fort Totten Metro station in hopes of cutting down on fare evasion but so far, it's not stopped all of those from hopping on for a free ride.
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40 million dollars for this? Doesnt even work
What was going on in the background. Someone was fired up😂😂😂2:02
Brah. I think this was the day I was there and yeah I was there and I think I know what you’re talking about of that woman shouting. 😂😂😂. Didn’t know someone was doing a news report of this new subway fare entrance and exit and I was waiting for the bus to take us to Greenbelt and I saw that woman shouting and definitely sounds familiar. I thought she was crazy or sum but she was talking on the phone with all of that rage.
This is bad reporting. The actual story is that the contractor getting paid $40 million for this gig, intentionally designed the gap too wide (a CYA fear of personal injury litigation from criminals who'd maybe get an owie getting stuck).
Just the government doing what they do best: waste money to the lowest bidder at the taxpayers expense.
Yup, I knew the safety mechanism of the door would be easily defeated. Walk behind someone and stick you bag in the closing door or just force it open. It can't close hard enough to injure someone so it's easily popped open.
LOL who is screaming in the background?
I was there that day. No lie. It was a woman shouting on the phone with some type of drama. And didn’t know they made a news report when that happened and I was waiting for the bus and saw the woman as it sounds familiar as was at the area that day and time. Funny they caught this on this news. 😂😂
Well yeah, the doors must have a safety mechanism to prevent injury if you got trapped for whatever reason. I guarantee the doors pop with only 20 lbs of force.
3:42 😂😂😂 metro should be freeee especially the bus trains I can understand but buses need to be fee free foreal they been making a lot of money off of us for years
the first thing they showed was someone getting thru 😭
You're not going to design a system that's going to be 100% asshole-proof, but these new gates are preventing a good amount of freeloaders from getting a free ride.
Always the same roaches.
Look at the guys who are doing this. The "victims"
I said no too 🐅🐃🐀
Hi-Barrier rotating gates would stop fare evaders but then there's the wheelchair accessible gate and those lazy az customer service people
Public transportation should be free, then we wouldn’t have to worry about this at all. This pisses me off because i spend my hard earned money while some broke ass dusty jumps the turnstile no problem to go nowhere important.
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Totally agree.
it’s not possible man
Be careful what you wish for. By making public transport free you are opening the system to be more dangerous for yourself and others. Just imagine how many more homeless and psychos would be riding the system. Smelly, grubby, urinated trains and you guarding your belongings for dear life, no no no
They need to jump the gates so they can make their crack deliveries.
The jumpers are the smart ones. They're getting free service with no consequences.
The ultimate problem with America is capitalism. Public transport should not cost any money to use... this is why we pay taxes. But because everything needs to turn a profit instead of just providing a benefit to everyone, we waste more money on stupid measures like this.
What a nonsense statement. NOTHING costs "no money." You apparently don't know the transit system has employees, equipment, maintained etc in the hundreds of millions pf dollars.
The DC and Federal taxpayer already subsidize DC public transport. The vast majority of developed democracies have transit fares, most LESS subsidized not more subsidized. And theft of fares is STEALING from other riders, most of whom pay, DC taxpayers and federal taxpayers. By your logic it should be fine to steal cars, clothes, whatever.
I pay higher rent, and forgo other things i would like to have to live close enough to walk to work. I am already subsidizing people riding metro transit. Are you saying now I should pay even more, all because some minority of riders who are parasite criminals wont stop stealing?
Only a moron would want people who have never used it to pay for a bunch of pathetic losers who are criminals
This is the least of America's problems
....You pay a premium (fare) for service to go two stops or from one end of the city to another for what? 2 bucks and some change? and less for seniors or ADA, Free for first responders and military servicemen. Next It'll be taxes should equate free Uber and lyft smh
@@Al_Catraz1 Try like 6$/trip. So if you're an average worker, that's a lot of money in a year. Just because this is one problem, doesn't mean its the only problem I care about and this obnoxious attitude is why we can't get anything done. Go away.
@@MrMountainchris Unless this is one of those transit systems that services to/from the suburban areas to/from the city hub, At 6 bucks one-way, You guys are getting stiffed without Vaseline...u sir can go away and enjoy!
Not paying till the day I die
...said the victim
...Bye
Why am I not surprised that FOX “News” is playing this angle? Only 10% of Metro’s budget comes from fares, the rest from taxpayer funds in DC, MD, and VA. If everyone pays by taxes, everyone should be able to ride for free.
I think it’s important to cost money because I think psychologically if you pay for something your more likely to respect it
Fox News? Aren’t you a special one. This is a local affiliate Sherlock. That’s not the Fox News you’re thinking of. Why do you support these dirtbags jumping fare when everyone else has to pay? I’m gonna tell you something g notavailable5216. You are the problem
Still not paying 🤣
Still a loser 😂🤣
Still a loser🤣
Still a loser🤣
Still a loser🤣
🚇 ~ So the city wants to spend billions of dollars on gates that actually won’t work that well, and they refused to do the simplest and most effective solution: tickets and prosecution.
The sad thing is that the MTA already knows how to stop fare jumpers. There are many stations, like mine where the MTA had installed very tall gates many years ago that one cannot get through unless you swipe your card and push yourself through these very tall metal gates. These gates are impenetrable. The MTA has had these type of gates for years so why aren't they installing them everywhere? The MTA acts as if these gates don't exist.