Even if the fare was $10 a ride and everyone paid, MTA will still cry they have no money as they cut services and improve nothing while they steal all the money through overtime pay and spending on kickback schemes
The buses should be free. In fact, the MTA needs to either be audited by the federal government for being “broke” 2 years after receiving a 3.9 BILLION dollar bailout! Or give the MTA over to the government to manage.
Let me put it basic for those who don’t understand why people are avoiding paying… 1- MTA constantly raises fairs but provide the worst service 2- homeless people/druggies will sleep/pass out in the trains 3- crime on the train is constant 4- MIGRANTS GET FREE METRO CARDS WHILE WORKING CITIZENS PAY FOR FARES 5- The trains are filthy as is IF YOU CHOOSE TO DRIVE INSTEAD OF USING THE MTA, guess what? They’ve installed tolls in multiple parts of the city. So sorryyyyy if hard working New Yorkers choose to not pay when it suits them. They supply soooo many resources to catch people who avoid paying, but meanwhile there’s constant shootings/murders/stabbing going on that doesn’t seem to be in control
All the crime u speak of is committed by whom? FARE EVADERS!!..Your assessment of the system's cleanliness is a bunch of BS..the system has never been cleaner and trains & buses are running more on time than ever before..so knock it off and help me tell these lowlife, freeloaders to pay the damn fare to maintain the system..including you!~nyct bus operator.
@@paulkelly8533 you work for the MTA…. 🤣 off the criticism hurts your heart. No one is gonna believe you boy, I literally walked in the train this morning and saw 3 homeless people passed out on the train, floor sticky from beverages, and the smell was so bad people left the train cart in between stops to go the next one…. Spare me with your lecture
well, give them some advice, what would be some specific ideas & strategies you think they could take that can help them be able to stop all criminal acts at all times ??
They should make sure people aren't charged twice when going from subway-to-bus/bus-to-subway when paying with a card/phone. And make an OMNY app already.
MTA cant deal with crazy pysho person at train but they are fare evader. They cant make subway safe from slash, crazy, stabbing but worried about fare evader
@@daniella8400 You’re right. Also most of the people that complain about the fair is the ones that don’t pay. I didn’t say all but most. One time I saw a non English speaking woman not pay her fair and get mad at the conductor because he closed the train doors before she could run on board, SMH. It’s crazy out there.
They cant audit each bus. They had about 12 plus more police officers at one stop. its impossible to audit each bus and create delays. Why they dont audit the $1.3 billion in overtime pay each year for the MTA. Im sure they can save $100s of millions per year at least.
Yeah fare evasion is their excuse for "shortages in budget" when we all know that theyre short because of corruption by the higher ups. MTA is one, if not, the most corrupt agency in NYC.
Even if they audit 20 buses a day, they’re gonna get at least 15 folks who didn’t pay. So 20*15 is 300 folks they’re kicking off a day minimum. That comes out to about 8,000 people a month.
As someone who rides public transportation everyday, I understand that paying the fare helps the system but for the quality of transportation $2.90 is absurd. Buses constantly getting delayed causing people to get to work late and Trains with crackheads, bums and stinky ass people who don’t care about the space of others. Ya want $2.90.. make it worth it.
Exactly i left my house an hour early. I was 3 hours late to my appointment because the bus was not in service or over packed. No one was paying to get on an over packed bus. I was fuming mad! I left on time and still inconvenienced no I'm not paying
i mean they was doing it before and they was wasting plenty of money on shyt just like this or a min. its even worse wit the security they got on the trains
@@Optim40 Moral superiority, because adults need to be TOLD to pay their fucking fare? GTFOH You wanna get on a bus or subway? Pay for it. You want food? Pay for it. You need shit from CVS? Pay for it.
@@shmulyitzkowitz6479 what the hell you talking about bro. Yeah completely don’t get the message. Spend millions on art but the system isn’t good? How is it that other places like Japan transit system is beautiful, here not so much
Was on the bus today in queens…it was a regular route…..almost 15 ppl got kicked off. They didn’t bother taking the bus they walked. They are dead serious now
I think it's a good thing. I live in PA and some people are so entitled as if they should be allowed to ride for free. They offer free passes for seniors. College students ride for free with their student ID and they now offer discounted passes for low income. They do what they can to accommodate people. We don't have this Crack down thing that NYC has. Some drivers will allow you to ride if asked, but some will kick you off.
The MTA is an inefficient and poorly run agency including all of its subsidary agencies, and I can tell you this because I worked for them. I left to go back into private sector work b/c I like my sanity. The transit system is unsafe, dirty, smelly and on top of this, they keep raising the fares. So it is not surprising that people are skipping out of paying the fare and feeling justified in doing so because of their perception the same broken system keeps charing them more. However, a staggering 48% of bus riders not paying puts even more stress on this service. It should never have gotten to the 48% which is another example of how this agency works that it took them years to either figure out the revenue loss or that they were going to do something about it. The PLAN they really need to get on is: 1. DRIVE efficiency, more employee productivity and get the Unions to accept common sense changes, 2. ELIMINATE all the bonus/fradulent overtime which pays employees are are less and less productive and hire more quality people, 3. REDUCE fares which would result in lower fare cheating and bring in more revenues.
And make it safe and clean u forgetting tht im not gnna continue to pay my hard earned money to not be safe n it it’s filthy all yall cleaners but shit still ain’t clean ! It’s not jus about the workers it’s about the riders too we pay out money for yall to have a job
@@jordancarson I just googled & I see they get half fare metro cards- NOT free. People love blaming migrants for “free housing” & “free money”- yes, what luxurious lives I see them living on our streets & trains, everyday!
But damn, all this work for making people pay bus fare. Just for there to still be traincarts/stations full of sleeping bums, 90% of train intercoms DON'T work, and the scheduling and "Train Traffic" is absurd. That's just the surface of issues. I guarantee if they fix actual problems, people would feel more inclined to pay. Cause the fare is constantly going up, but the quality of the MTA isn't. Shameful.
No excuses, just pay or ride a bic to get around. We all know there are mismanagement on MTA and creating jobs that it does not need. But bus and train are not free. People work for a living. Buy yourself a bicycle and save the hassle of taking the city bus if you feel you are over paying your ride.
Brother, you said a mouthful. AMEN...please say it LOUDER for these better-than-thou Folks who seem to think that "most" people prefer NOT to pay. For myself, I ALWAYS paid my fare, but in recent years, all the MTA's issues you mentioned, and then some, made me say "F it!" Luckily, I'm retired and rarely take the 🚆 much anymore...but I'll jump on the back of the 🚌 in a minute! 😂 🏃💨
@@stefanmarchione6757Y’know what though, preferring not to pay the fare is perfectly fine too (in my eyes anyway…) Why pay for shit service? Why pay as if the MTA gives a shit about their quality ridership- oh wait! THEY DON’T!
Money is being taken and spent in ways that we don't approve of as a community/nation. Focus is on things that we feel are menial compared to others. This is the same thing we left England for. I believe someday it will come to a head in this country. America isn't immune to the chaos we see in other nations especially when your abusing people's money and ignoring their needs
In Florida (billed by the governor as a 'law and order' state) getting on a bus or train without paying the fare is virtually unthinkable. I was on a work trip in both Orlando and Miami for almost a year and rode public transit. And during that year I didn't see a single person get on any bus through the back door and didn't pay the fare.
The better solution is to lower the fares to $2 Full fare $1 for half fare, and raise fines to $250 for fare evasion, keeping the eagle teams in place.
Smh The Bronx is severely underserved for decades now and how do they try to help us? By punishing/making our lives harder for struggling. So disheartening.
34th St crosstown they check. I've been on it like 6 or 7 times and 2 times they checked. 23rd St they don't. I've taken it to work like 100s of times and they don't. But they have to do it off hours. They can't stop a bus, especially during the morning commute when people are already late for work, to check everyone receipt.
Yes they can and those teams have their own came and will be at ANY stop randomly along the bus route. But again this can only be done on the Select bus. How they gonna know if someone paid on a regular bus? This is nonsensical
Yes, let's arrest people who don't want to pay a measely $2.90 but let's not handle the migrant problem that's going on. Great work, NYC, you sure know how to handle problems.
@@soprotivleniye7620 Lol you think they care about the inconvenience to us? The thing is if they were to do that a few times word would spread about how tough they are cracking on it and less ppl would take the risk.
What do you expect the lawmakers and politicians created this culture of no repercussion for wrong doing. People entering stores and walking out with goods , illegal immigrants awarded with free housing, food stamps , law breakers are given a slap on the wrist ,squatters rights ,madness!. America has gone to the gutter 🔥
Well that's embarrassing for those people LMAO!! got caught AND was on camera too. But as I said on another video, unless they gonna do this at every single stop everywhere people will continue to fare hop. Right now this is looking like they only gonna be at major or semi major bus stops waiting to take people off and give summons so.....
I'm confused. I've seen these teams for the select buses that use tickets, but how do they do this on regular buses that don't require tickets? Wish the reporter had provided information.
So another job that costs the city money it doesn't have. NYPD can issue the same summons. There is no need for some MTA Transit "eagle, owl, pigeon" team as they refer to themselves as. WASTE OF MONEY!.
😂 fare evasion has been going on since the beginning of time. Why start cracking down on it now? Oh wait. It couldn’t have anything to do with the MTA making this a public spectacle to force Holcul to reinstate that ridiculous cash grab called, congestion pricing, could it? *smh*
It was slated to go into effect June 2024, but was scrapped last minute by Governor Hochul for whatever reason. I think something about the "timing isn't right;" so here we are. This EAGLE program is the MTA's new crackdown on fare evasion & graffiti.
@@stefanmarchione6757yes I’m aware. I was being facetious. The MTA is full of it and is only doing this now to get the public on their side to make Hocul reverse her position to the plan. It’s all a cash grab.
I got on the bus and put my metro card in the machine, but didn’t realize it was empty. Bus driver didn’t tell me or give me another option to use my CC on the machine, instead he had the cops come escort me off the bus and write me a $100 TKT. And the cop had the nerve to try and fucking rizz me while he did it! I went to court and fought it but they refused to pardon me. I have since Made it my mission to evade as many fares as I can, on buses AND trains! I even turned it into a game. Their service is trash and their workers ain’t shit, I have since gotten back like, $300 in fare evasion ever since that happened in late spring. They shot themselves in the foot with me, because it was an honest mistake, you don’t always notice when the fare is running low in your metro card, when that had happened in the past, other bus drivers let me know there’s no money and let me tap with my CC to pay, now they’re made an enemy out of me, I’m not paying, every chance I get!
Such a joke the busses and the bus drivers are a joke , service is pathetic. The bus driver literally tells you pay what you want and they don’t enforce anything. Such a joke to pretend like it’s anything but that
What u want the driver to do? Why dnt u put your money where your mouth is and stand up to fare evaders tough guy. I bet u’d crap your pants. Mind your buisness dnt get hurt
If there is a borough that has all the right in the world not to pay is the underserved people of staten island..it should be be lowest priority from r fare evasion as its the lowest priority for services
Hardly. I often take my bike on the train and when I exit at least three or more people stroll through the gate and they're rarely Black. Every demographic is represented. The media shows you want it wants you to see (what to think and how to think about it) and come to certain bus stops for a reason, not to train stops at 23rd St., Columbus Circle, or East 96th St. Do that and you'll see that freeloading is proportional and global.
Me either. Fix the MTA final! MTA needs to stop playing innocent in all this. They're stealing from the riders and now they want to flip the script. Fix the system. They don't know how to budget!
@@krystingrant6292except that you cant fix a system with a dwindling or non existing budget. You can say what you want about MTA just taking money and not spending it wisely but heres the issue, since covid regulations the amount of revenue mta was making drastically decreased, people complain about better operating and on time buses and trains but fail to realize a functioning and well moving transportation figure needs revenue. That comes with more buses on routes and better subway infrastructure and less issues with subways being delayed hence more on time schedules. Instead ppl complain about spending 3 bucks but are making iphone payments wearing jordans and the city doesnt have a budget to spend into transportation without going more into debt. In the long run I hope ppl realize if this continues the same system you complain about being late all the time or running terrible will get worse because if no one pays into the system they will have to cut employees and how do you think that will go? Imagine a bus route with 12 buses on it down to 2 buses...you think its bad now?
What burns me the most. Riding the bus and seeing those who don't pay. No wonder the MTA is losing money and eventually will increase the toll. But as of today there is no policing in the Bronx for this. All talk again!
Trump also requested the National Guard twice and Pelosi denied him along with her admitting on tape while filmed that she made a bad decision,go ahead and vote for giggles your savior
2.90 times 5 =118 a month a few more dollars is car insurance money ppl could just drive there own shit and you would be out of a job buddy but there ready to toll regular streets now and still have parking rules on those same streets make it make sense
Wait, so you mean to tell me they were all gung ho on the “congestion pricing” stuff (aka - we want to just steal you money to pay for stuff), but they weren’t even collecting the fares of subway/bus riders??? Go after the fare evaders!
Why are they only getting a summons?? These people should be arrested they're not only robbing the MTA while others are paying but they're also causing delays to service and unconvincing those that paid the fare
Is it a crime to be poor Dave? Tell the state and federal government to raise wages. But u probably would have another boot licking defense for the establishment
@@billyboy989its not a crime to be poor. It’s a crime to steal service. If you can’t afford it, apply for the Fair Fares program, unless you don’t like the stigma
Now all you people that say you don’t pay the fare because you can’t “afford” it are going to have to sell your $250 Jordan’s if you want to ride the bus.
Blaming fare evasion solely on the customers is cowardly and cheap. Nevermind the consistently malfunctioning or non-working kiosks, the inability to accept cash on buses, and a completely outdated Metrocard system - no, it's all the evil customers fault. And no, I'm not talking about habitual fare evaders, I'm talking about bus riders who honestly found themselves in positions where they had the ability to pay, but not the opportunity. The MTA needs to accept responsibility for it's role in contributing to the fare evasion problem instead of - yes, I'm going to say it - throwing New Yorkers under the bus!
OMG there are privileged people who can cross bridges for years without paying tolls, and privileged people who can ride buses or subways without paying fares. What's next?
If the MTA ensures all customers pay their fare, then there isnt a need for Congestion Pricing. In year 2022 (the last year for which data are available), $700 million went uncollected.
People would rather blow hundreds of dollars on sneakers, weed and turning up but bitch about paying $3. Same folks who sleep on a mattress on the floor with no covers on it.
if MTA is private company why we dont have other public transport companies? Monopolies are illegal under federal law, jail them all. Plus, why there is police officers and not security guards? since when companies can hire police officers??
People can afford to pay the fare, they just choose not to pay the fare. If I can get something for free, not pay for it and have more money in my pocket? Of course I would! But that’s not how the real world works.
Gotta love how folks pretend like they don't have to pay to ride. The city should start taking it out of folks pay check every month and for the homeless get them folks off transit as well. They're just using the subways as their hotel and think they have every right to stink the subway up and make it a mess. Crackdown harder. Every city should start cracking down on fare evaders.
Some of us barely make $200 a week and you guys want the mta to keep raising train and bus fare this shit is ridiculous there's people shooting up on the buses and trains with roaches and garbage everywhere and barely any ac but we the people who can barely afford nyc rent have to pay almost $4 to get any where to make more money I'm so glad I'm leaving this shit city January
Even if the fare was $10 a ride and everyone paid, MTA will still cry they have no money as they cut services and improve nothing while they steal all the money through overtime pay and spending on kickback schemes
Amen well put
The MTA is unionized and they only hire darklings, all of whom make over $200k per year.
how bout that art they spent like million on smh
Exactly, its always the same story and there's always someone or something to blame.
Do you have proof of this.
The buses should be free. In fact, the MTA needs to either be audited by the federal government for being “broke” 2 years after receiving a 3.9 BILLION dollar bailout! Or give the MTA over to the government to manage.
I pay taxes. Should be free for me 😢
Nothing is free in life. 🤦🏽♀️ Get a job and work for it. You want s*cislism go to v*nezuela. FOH with th*rd-world thinking. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Who gonna drive the bus then cause I know you wouldn't work for free
Let me put it basic for those who don’t understand why people are avoiding paying…
1- MTA constantly raises fairs but provide the worst service
2- homeless people/druggies will sleep/pass out in the trains
3- crime on the train is constant
4- MIGRANTS GET FREE METRO CARDS WHILE WORKING CITIZENS PAY FOR FARES
5- The trains are filthy as is
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DRIVE INSTEAD OF USING THE MTA, guess what? They’ve installed tolls in multiple parts of the city. So sorryyyyy if hard working New Yorkers choose to not pay when it suits them. They supply soooo many resources to catch people who avoid paying, but meanwhile there’s constant shootings/murders/stabbing going on that doesn’t seem to be in control
This !!!!!
All the crime u speak of is committed by whom? FARE EVADERS!!..Your assessment of the system's cleanliness is a bunch of BS..the system has never been cleaner and trains & buses are running more on time than ever before..so knock it off and help me tell these lowlife, freeloaders to pay the damn fare to maintain the system..including you!~nyct bus operator.
@@Uchiadude134THIS IS..BS!
@@paulkelly8533 you work for the MTA…. 🤣 off the criticism hurts your heart. No one is gonna believe you boy, I literally walked in the train this morning and saw 3 homeless people passed out on the train, floor sticky from beverages, and the smell was so bad people left the train cart in between stops to go the next one…. Spare me with your lecture
If only they had the same energy for actual criminals
FACTS!!!
That would require actual labor which is clearly what NYPD and MTA don’t want to do
@@lawrencelawrence8553 energy!!!! Different word here buddy
And migrants
well, give them some advice, what would be some specific ideas & strategies you think they could take that can help them be able to stop all criminal acts at all times ??
They should make sure people aren't charged twice when going from subway-to-bus/bus-to-subway when paying with a card/phone.
And make an OMNY app already.
Diversity is our strength'
@@jetgdvsdfgd It's ours, not yours sadly.
@@jetgdvsdfgd you should put some diversity in your spammy YT comments
But you watching a video about something in America 🤣🤣😂genius
Exactly
MTA cant deal with crazy pysho person at train but they are fare evader. They cant make subway safe from slash, crazy, stabbing but worried about fare evader
From a fare evader smh
Everybody paying fares creates revenue for them to work to solve those other problems. Sure everything is corrupt but not absolutely corrupt.
@@rodneysmith3759 potato
@@rodneysmith3759 u know what I mean
When they have to start paying those psychos will no longer be allowed on the train and you know that
Even if the fare was $10 a ride and everyone paid, MTA will still cry
I doubt that
@@daniella8400 boot licker lmaooo
@@daniella8400 you must not have lived your whole life in NYC not 1 day they didn't complain while giving big bonu$ to themselves
@@daniella8400 You’re right. Also most of the people that complain about the fair is the ones that don’t pay. I didn’t say all but most. One time I saw a non English speaking woman not pay her fair and get mad at the conductor because he closed the train doors before she could run on board, SMH. It’s crazy out there.
@@SKARFACEVIDEOS born and raised
They cant audit each bus. They had about 12 plus more police officers at one stop. its impossible to audit each bus and create delays. Why they dont audit the $1.3 billion in overtime pay each year for the MTA. Im sure they can save $100s of millions per year at least.
Spoken like a true weak minded tRumpster, manipulated by his orange master's BS.
Yeah fare evasion is their excuse for "shortages in budget" when we all know that theyre short because of corruption by the higher ups. MTA is one, if not, the most corrupt agency in NYC.
Exactly. The MTA Complaining about not having money but having your employees work 200K in overtime of tax payers money is just evil.
Even if they audit 20 buses a day, they’re gonna get at least 15 folks who didn’t pay. So 20*15 is 300 folks they’re kicking off a day minimum. That comes out to about 8,000 people a month.
Facts
Even if there was zero fare evasion, the MTA would still be in a budget deficit and push for more fare increases.
As someone who rides public transportation everyday, I understand that paying the fare helps the system but for the quality of transportation $2.90 is absurd. Buses constantly getting delayed causing people to get to work late and Trains with crackheads, bums and stinky ass people who don’t care about the space of others. Ya want $2.90.. make it worth it.
Diversity is our strength,
$2.90 does cover one stop. It's the tax payers and motorist that are keeping these buses going.
Exactly i left my house an hour early. I was 3 hours late to my appointment because the bus was not in service or over packed. No one was paying to get on an over packed bus. I was fuming mad! I left on time and still inconvenienced no I'm not paying
So you would rather walk than pay the $2.90?
I want a civilized commute too but for $3 we are not going to get it. My plan is to leave NYC.
this only gonna last 1 month no way they about to waste money doing this on every route pointless ...lmao
Exactly!!
i mean they was doing it before and they was wasting plenty of money on shyt just like this or a min. its even worse wit the security they got on the trains
Exactly
They are only starting with 5 routes
@@juanalmanzar7031which one?
Having to tell people that they need to pay their fare is part of what is wrong with society these days.
oh stop with the moral superiority nonsense already
@@Optim40 Moral superiority, because adults need to be TOLD to pay their fucking fare? GTFOH
You wanna get on a bus or subway? Pay for it. You want food? Pay for it. You need shit from CVS? Pay for it.
@@Optim40 thx you, I hate when people do that
@@zasamajor5501absolutely the minority shouldn’t have to pay anything and shoplift also right
@@shmulyitzkowitz6479 what the hell you talking about bro. Yeah completely don’t get the message. Spend millions on art but the system isn’t good? How is it that other places like Japan transit system is beautiful, here not so much
Was on the bus today in queens…it was a regular route…..almost 15 ppl got kicked off. They didn’t bother taking the bus they walked. They are dead serious now
This is going to get WILD
Yea just seen Dat few days ago in the bx and I always put In like 5-6 nickels and walk to da back
FINALLY.
I think it's a good thing. I live in PA and some people are so entitled as if they should be allowed to ride for free. They offer free passes for seniors. College students ride for free with their student ID and they now offer discounted passes for low income. They do what they can to accommodate people. We don't have this Crack down thing that NYC has. Some drivers will allow you to ride if asked, but some will kick you off.
@@thecommentjudgecharles1242Lol😂
48% people not pay the fare that not truth. In bronx, 99.9% people dont pay the bus fare😂
You talking about Brooklyn.
The bronx? They NEVER pay the fare. I remember when drivers would call riders out about not paying. Not now. Why risk your life?
Wow. Basic grammar has failed you.
FAX 💯 The X EVERYBODY rides for free! 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The MTA is an inefficient and poorly run agency including all of its subsidary agencies, and I can tell you this because I worked for them. I left to go back into private sector work b/c I like my sanity. The transit system is unsafe, dirty, smelly and on top of this, they keep raising the fares. So it is not surprising that people are skipping out of paying the fare and feeling justified in doing so because of their perception the same broken system keeps charing them more. However, a staggering 48% of bus riders not paying puts even more stress on this service. It should never have gotten to the 48% which is another example of how this agency works that it took them years to either figure out the revenue loss or that they were going to do something about it. The PLAN they really need to get on is: 1. DRIVE efficiency, more employee productivity and get the Unions to accept common sense changes, 2. ELIMINATE all the bonus/fradulent overtime which pays employees are are less and less productive and hire more quality people, 3. REDUCE fares which would result in lower fare cheating and bring in more revenues.
And make it safe and clean u forgetting tht im not gnna continue to pay my hard earned money to not be safe n it it’s filthy all yall cleaners but shit still ain’t clean ! It’s not jus about the workers it’s about the riders too we pay out money for yall to have a job
But they give free metro cards to the immigrants 😂😂😂what a joke thanks to the mayor n governor
Do you have proof of that?
@@jordancarsonyou can't Google sweetheart?
Spoken like a true weak minded tRumpster, manipulated by his ignorant orange master.
@@jordancarson I just googled & I see they get half fare metro cards- NOT free.
People love blaming migrants for “free housing” & “free money”- yes, what luxurious lives I see them living on our streets & trains, everyday!
The migrants don’t pay either. The benefits stop after six months
They should turn on the OMNY reader by the back door of the bus. It's wasteful to install the things, but not use them.
I have noticed in my state. More and more people are now riding scooters, bikes and walking.
Lower the fare and most people will pay.
No they won’t
Nope wrong
Make it free*
But damn, all this work for making people pay bus fare. Just for there to still be traincarts/stations full of sleeping bums, 90% of train intercoms DON'T work, and the scheduling and "Train Traffic" is absurd. That's just the surface of issues. I guarantee if they fix actual problems, people would feel more inclined to pay. Cause the fare is constantly going up, but the quality of the MTA isn't. Shameful.
No excuses, just pay or ride a bic to get around. We all know there are mismanagement on MTA and creating jobs that it does not need. But bus and train are not free. People work for a living. Buy yourself a bicycle and save the hassle of taking the city bus if you feel you are over paying your ride.
Brother, you said a mouthful. AMEN...please say it LOUDER for these better-than-thou Folks who seem to think that "most" people prefer NOT to pay. For myself, I ALWAYS paid my fare, but in recent years, all the MTA's issues you mentioned, and then some, made me say "F it!" Luckily, I'm retired and rarely take the 🚆 much anymore...but I'll jump on the back of the 🚌 in a minute! 😂 🏃💨
@@stefanmarchione6757Y’know what though, preferring not to pay the fare is perfectly fine too (in my eyes anyway…) Why pay for shit service? Why pay as if the MTA gives a shit about their quality ridership- oh wait! THEY DON’T!
Bro make it a dollar. Everybody would pay.
It use to be $1 before mta took over red line blue line green line
Money is being taken and spent in ways that we don't approve of as a community/nation. Focus is on things that we feel are menial compared to others. This is the same thing we left England for. I believe someday it will come to a head in this country. America isn't immune to the chaos we see in other nations especially when your abusing people's money and ignoring their needs
Why are New York taxes so high!!! Those taxes shoukd be used to subsidize transit!!!
@@rockon8174 they are, in theory.
The fare IS subsidized. Transit fare would be more than twice what it is now; more than half is paid from tax dollars.
Fare beaters belong in jail.
@@user-fc1ld9ts8u You must work for the MTA 😏
@@user-fc1ld9ts8ustfu it’s not that serious MTA need to revamp their shit system
@@user-fc1ld9ts8u then fare evasion is irrelevant.
That’s only for now showing propaganda so people can think they doing something about it in a month or so it will be the same thing again
Yup. This happens every few years. Ironically around election season 😅
In Florida (billed by the governor as a 'law and order' state) getting on a bus or train without paying the fare is virtually unthinkable. I was on a work trip in both Orlando and Miami for almost a year and rode public transit. And during that year I didn't see a single person get on any bus through the back door and didn't pay the fare.
Wow thats great news
In New York most dont pay
This will last for a few days, then things go back to normal...not paying.
Yup. Maybe a few months but they don’t have the manpower to keep up and the people who pay aren’t gonna like being delayed
The better solution is to lower the fares to $2 Full fare $1 for half fare, and raise fines to $250 for fare evasion, keeping the eagle teams in place.
Smh The Bronx is severely underserved for decades now and how do they try to help us? By punishing/making our lives harder for struggling. So disheartening.
Migrants can ride free on the backs of New York tax payers? I don’t blame them for not paying. They should boycott paying city and state taxes as well
I stopped paying taxes feels good not paying for migrants or welfare
34th St crosstown they check. I've been on it like 6 or 7 times and 2 times they checked. 23rd St they don't. I've taken it to work like 100s of times and they don't. But they have to do it off hours. They can't stop a bus, especially during the morning commute when people are already late for work, to check everyone receipt.
Yes they can and those teams have their own came and will be at ANY stop randomly along the bus route. But again this can only be done on the Select bus. How they gonna know if someone paid on a regular bus? This is nonsensical
Thx for the 411 😉👊
Greedflation from the MTA is the REAL crime!
No, people need to pay the fare like they’re supposed to. It’s only fair.
$3 for a ride is greed to you, haha
A 3$ fare is greedy? You're part of the problem
@@baconchalupawe see your budgeting is horrible. $3 each TRIP bright star which adds up!
@@krystingrant6292you’re talking to liberals they don’t have a brain
Yes, let's arrest people who don't want to pay a measely $2.90 but let's not handle the migrant problem that's going on. Great work, NYC, you sure know how to handle problems.
U can’t summon the whole bus
Idk about that, the summons book is really thick and they have multiple enforcers so i dont see why they wouldnt
I would and run a warrant check also.😂
@@AfimiTollerenceThat would take too long.
@@dirtyroofer3678 That sir would be illegal...
@@soprotivleniye7620 Lol you think they care about the inconvenience to us? The thing is if they were to do that a few times word would spread about how tough they are cracking on it and less ppl would take the risk.
What do you expect the lawmakers and politicians created this culture of no repercussion for wrong doing. People entering stores and walking out with goods , illegal immigrants awarded with free housing, food stamps , law breakers are given a slap on the wrist ,squatters rights ,madness!. America has gone to the gutter 🔥
There solution to the fare evading is congestion pricing? So taxing hardworking people more so 50% of bus riders can slack? Backwards ass city
Well that's embarrassing for those people LMAO!! got caught AND was on camera too. But as I said on another video, unless they gonna do this at every single stop everywhere people will continue to fare hop. Right now this is looking like they only gonna be at major or semi major bus stops waiting to take people off and give summons so.....
Diversity is our strength°
Their gonna be famous 😂
I'm confused. I've seen these teams for the select buses that use tickets, but how do they do this on regular buses that don't require tickets? Wish the reporter had provided information.
If people don’t have money to pay don’t let them ride but don’t put them in jail that’s crazy
They should increase the fine 1000 dollars and one month in prison. It reduces fare evaders
I will most like likely go ip to $200+ soon
fare evaders just don't care, they'd just ignore the summons
Yes, this is what I am going to do. These assholes gave me one.
Then civil judgment and income garnishment.
i evaded fare in jersey and what'd i do? fake name and move on. it's never that serious 😂
@@tylercapalot6938Didn't they look up the name you gave them in their database?
@@soprotivleniye7620 they probably just gave a fake name.
Somehow, they never fully go through with these “crackdowns,”subway evaders are now mostly the same as
When crackdowns started…
how do you run a business when 48% don't pay?
PAY YOUR FARE!!! So the MTA can take your $$$ and pay ghost overtime and spend it on dumb sh*t. 👍🏾!
The Question is Will These Fare Invaders Pay the Citation Fines?
LOL 🤣😆...!!! WHO knows. ????
It stays on your record for 10 years. A loser won’t care but someone with a city job will
they should also charge loud phone talkers and music players and smokers wtf 🤬
@@HMR-yo8zl I agree. That is what they should focus on.
THEIRS PEOPLE THAT GOT JOBS AND JUST WALK RIGHT IN THE BUS THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOTHING NEW
They’re
Getting a seat is important
My state has carpool lanes but no cops. Everyone rides in the carpool lane single.
"There are"
Freeloaders.
So another job that costs the city money it doesn't have. NYPD can issue the same summons. There is no need for some MTA Transit "eagle, owl, pigeon" team as they refer to themselves as. WASTE OF MONEY!.
😂 fare evasion has been going on since the beginning of time. Why start cracking down on it now? Oh wait. It couldn’t have anything to do with the MTA making this a public spectacle to force Holcul to reinstate that ridiculous cash grab called, congestion pricing, could it? *smh*
Oh wow they brought congestion pricing back? They tried to shove it in in the early 2000's
It was slated to go into effect June 2024, but was scrapped last minute by Governor Hochul for whatever reason. I think something about the "timing isn't right;" so here we are. This EAGLE program is the MTA's new crackdown on fare evasion & graffiti.
@@stefanmarchione6757yes I’m aware. I was being facetious. The MTA is full of it and is only doing this now to get the public on their side to make Hocul reverse her position to the plan. It’s all a cash grab.
The rate of fare evasion has skyrocketed in the past few years.
Philly needs to take notes seriously.
Just get a 1/2 off metrocard and you dont have to worry about the law
I have it but I still try not to pay the fare. Even 1.45 is too expensive for me.
I got on the bus and put my metro card in the machine, but didn’t realize it was empty. Bus driver didn’t tell me or give me another option to use my CC on the machine, instead he had the cops come escort me off the bus and write me a $100 TKT. And the cop had the nerve to try and fucking rizz me while he did it! I went to court and fought it but they refused to pardon me. I have since
Made it my mission to evade as many fares as I can, on buses AND trains! I even turned it into a game. Their service is trash and their workers ain’t shit, I have since gotten back like, $300 in fare evasion ever since that happened in late spring. They shot themselves in the foot with me, because it was an honest mistake, you don’t always notice when the fare is running low in your metro card, when that had happened in the past, other bus drivers let me know there’s no money and let me tap with my CC to pay, now they’re made an enemy out of me, I’m not paying, every chance I get!
Such a joke the busses and the bus drivers are a joke , service is pathetic. The bus driver literally tells you pay what you want and they don’t enforce anything. Such a joke to pretend like it’s anything but that
lol and the fact that you have so much hate and not a car…
You want them sticking their necks out for the MTA and get assaulted by criminals over $2.90??
What u want the driver to do? Why dnt u put your money where your mouth is and stand up to fare evaders tough guy. I bet u’d crap your pants. Mind your buisness dnt get hurt
@@poneverythingmta worker, you're to naive to figure out what is going on.
@@mtasubwaymartasubwayexactly. Until you do this job they’ll never get it
Well stop increasing the fares
They should freeze mta salaries staring from top
And the people complaining that it cOst 2.90 cent to travel anywhere in the 5 boros......take an uber
Huh? You sound stupid
It’s sad that people literally can’t do their part as citizens and pay their fare, it’s literally less than a Big Mac.
People are spending their last on a Big Mac. You don’t see what is happening ??
Lady got her Latte coffee and a iPhone in one hand can't pay the fare?
She's a disgrace.
If you’re not a New Yorker you wouldn’t understand
@@I-seeAisatou
Try saying that to the millions of other hard-working New Yorkers who pay the fare every day.
A leech is a leech....
@@I-seeAisatoubrokie
EXACTLY
This life gets real. U only being narrow minded and thinking $2.90 one time u have zero clue how much she has spent on anything.
It’s about time MTA
The government, shake-down 😢! What is taxes for? Welcome to the USA 😢 Help 😭🙏 us. Vote on 11/5/24😢
please come to staten island buses ...no one is paying .
If there is a borough that has all the right in the world not to pay is the underserved people of staten island..it should be be lowest priority from r fare evasion as its the lowest priority for services
Maybe 25%
Why do you care so much, if people in Staten Island can afford to pay or not? Don’t you have a life!
Maybe they think it's an extension of SIR which doesn't charge for trips except to or from St George and one stop before that.
And where would you refill your card remember before omny there's not many areas to refill the card on that island
What happens if you just run away, will they chase you? 🤣
@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 Good question.
It's sad that all the people caught in this video are adults that know better
100$ ear pods and dont pay a 2$ bus fare .
Pods could’ve been a gift from somebody… not possible?
I don't pay because mta is never on time. Was late to work every day taking it even leaving early, so what I look like giving them my money?
@@globoy_billz9995and their LV bags and their 400 dollar phones and their 8 dollar coffees ...and and and.....
So a person pays $100 ONE TIME and u comparing that to a daily trash fare all year around? U fool do u not know math 🤣🤣🤣
@@LyricalRestorationsNYC-uw9nhespecially the random shuts downs and constant delays smh
I also seen cops flash their badge at bus driver and not pay, who’s gonna fine them ?
LOL chill, they always get a free pass. They are civil servants.
Soooo i pay state taxes for this just so i pay again? Yall a joke country
@@pappadudat that's generally how public transport works in most countries.
Very few large cities have free public transport.
move to Europe everything is free over there
No.. your taxes pay for lawsuits against The NYPD in the hundreds of millions every year because they terrorize the people.
Wait what?!!
Are u related to aoc?
Ur a moron
Pastor mondoug still waiting on emails making sure my tutoring tutorials and classes are affordable and hallmarks too. AME. God bless all hard work
this is clearly a cultural problem
liberal politics are its best.
Steal from Good Taxpayers.
Nothing new to see -- democrats do this every day
The culture of free loaders, it's not specific to any or one race of people if that's what you mean.
Ghetto
Hardly. I often take my bike on the train and when I exit at least three or more people stroll through the gate and they're rarely Black. Every demographic is represented. The media shows you want it wants you to see (what to think and how to think about it) and come to certain bus stops for a reason, not to train stops at 23rd St., Columbus Circle, or East 96th St. Do that and you'll see that freeloading is proportional and global.
Meanwhile at the US Capitol... another cultural problem.
And this is going on in corrupt ny
NYC offering migrant families up to $4K in grants to find their own housing
They rediscovered broken windows lol
Add officer on the bus to keep us safe , paying when we don’t even know if we gonna make it to our destination safe
I’m still not paying I don’t care
Diversity is our strength-
Quiet internet tough guy, no one believes you. Also, invest in a bike or walk, your choice.
Me either. Fix the MTA final! MTA needs to stop playing innocent in all this. They're stealing from the riders and now they want to flip the script. Fix the system. They don't know how to budget!
Facts
@@krystingrant6292except that you cant fix a system with a dwindling or non existing budget. You can say what you want about MTA just taking money and not spending it wisely but heres the issue, since covid regulations the amount of revenue mta was making drastically decreased, people complain about better operating and on time buses and trains but fail to realize a functioning and well moving transportation figure needs revenue. That comes with more buses on routes and better subway infrastructure and less issues with subways being delayed hence more on time schedules. Instead ppl complain about spending 3 bucks but are making iphone payments wearing jordans and the city doesnt have a budget to spend into transportation without going more into debt. In the long run I hope ppl realize if this continues the same system you complain about being late all the time or running terrible will get worse because if no one pays into the system they will have to cut employees and how do you think that will go? Imagine a bus route with 12 buses on it down to 2 buses...you think its bad now?
The most incompetent transit system in the world and yet the most expensive 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Ashamed of nothing, offended by everything
Do you need a psych eval?
This will only be tenporary MTA will never go 100 percent with enforcement. We will see over time..
So if they approved the congestion pricing this would have never happened….
Lies, fairytales, and falsies
What burns me the most. Riding the bus and seeing those who don't pay. No wonder the MTA is losing money and eventually will increase the toll. But as of today there is no policing in the Bronx for this. All talk again!
Meanwhile, Trump is given a pass for trying to overthrow the Government. Make it make sense.
Trump also requested the National Guard twice and Pelosi denied him along with her admitting on tape while filmed that she made a bad decision,go ahead and vote for giggles your savior
Paid MTA/Bus fare matters.
They got shaniqua today.
LOL she looked like a Destiny to me 🤣🤣
The Select Bus is designed for proof of payment checks, but the regular bus is not set up that way.
GREAT. LEAVE US DRIVER'S ALONE. $2.90 N U CANT PAY🙃🙃🙃
Nah ya still gonna pay for congestion. Get over it. It’s not that much 🙃😚
2.90 times 5 =118 a month a few more dollars is car insurance money ppl could just drive there own shit and you would be out of a job buddy but there ready to toll regular streets now and still have parking rules on those same streets make it make sense
Wait, so you mean to tell me they were all gung ho on the “congestion pricing” stuff (aka - we want to just steal you money to pay for stuff), but they weren’t even collecting the fares of subway/bus riders??? Go after the fare evaders!
Why are they only getting a summons?? These people should be arrested they're not only robbing the MTA while others are paying but they're also causing delays to service and unconvincing those that paid the fare
they don't have the balls!!
I agree.
its not worth it.. nothing about balls
Is it a crime to be poor Dave? Tell the state and federal government to raise wages. But u probably would have another boot licking defense for the establishment
@@billyboy989its not a crime to be poor. It’s a crime to steal service. If you can’t afford it, apply for the Fair Fares program, unless you don’t like the stigma
What about the insane inconvenience they force on us
Half the people feel entitled to do so. Shameless.
Now all you people that say you don’t pay the fare because you can’t “afford” it are going to have to sell your $250 Jordan’s if you want to ride the bus.
Less than that and fu*k paying the bus fair
@@Spasoutkingcodbrokie
Blaming fare evasion solely on the customers is cowardly and cheap. Nevermind the consistently malfunctioning or non-working kiosks, the inability to accept cash on buses, and a completely outdated Metrocard system - no, it's all the evil customers fault. And no, I'm not talking about habitual fare evaders, I'm talking about bus riders who honestly found themselves in positions where they had the ability to pay, but not the opportunity. The MTA needs to accept responsibility for it's role in contributing to the fare evasion problem instead of - yes, I'm going to say it - throwing New Yorkers under the bus!
How dare they!! I thought forcing people to pay the fare was racist!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly. It's "colonialism"!!!!!
These arent fare jumps. These are small installments of reparation 😃
That's funny
OMG there are privileged people who can cross bridges for years without paying tolls, and privileged people who can ride buses or subways without paying fares. What's next?
The real issue here is that someone if stealing from the MTA. How is our fare always being raised but the service gets WORSE every fking year.
stop the excuses they have i phones. jewerly expensive bags or clothes but cant pay $3
Getting on the bus with Starbucks coffee but claim to be broke and don’t pay the fare
If the MTA ensures all customers pay their fare, then there isnt a need for Congestion Pricing. In year 2022 (the last year for which data are available), $700 million went uncollected.
The MTA would get $15 billion upfront as a loan with congestion pricing paying it off over time.
People would rather blow hundreds of dollars on sneakers, weed and turning up but bitch about paying $3. Same folks who sleep on a mattress on the floor with no covers on it.
THANK YOU!!!!
Well that tells you they don't have the money 🤷🏾♀️
I asked MTA workers I get it’s costing money when they skip the fair but don’t you feel you guys are overpaid ? They admitted yes we are overpaid.
They should crackdown on themselves…The bus should be no more than $1.50 The service is hideous lol
The batteries on those buses cost like 100k and last a few months going green is costly
if MTA is private company why we dont have other public transport companies? Monopolies are illegal under federal law, jail them all. Plus, why there is police officers and not security guards? since when companies can hire police officers??
People can afford to pay the fare, they just choose not to pay the fare. If I can get something for free, not pay for it and have more money in my pocket? Of course I would! But that’s not how the real world works.
Really? That's how the word work eh?
@@utmosdemos3645Yes that’s how “word” works.
They can only do
This on select busses 🤷🏾♂️
If we put this much effort into catching tax evaders, normal people wouldn’t have to skip the fare.
I agree. Society loves rich tax evaders. They would never call them out, just scapegoat the poor smh.
😐 When you're built like a NFL linebacker but are too lazy to have a few bucks for bus fare
Gotta love how folks pretend like they don't have to pay to ride. The city should start taking it out of folks pay check every month and for the homeless get them folks off transit as well. They're just using the subways as their hotel and think they have every right to stink the subway up and make it a mess. Crackdown harder. Every city should start cracking down on fare evaders.
Some of us barely make $200 a week and you guys want the mta to keep raising train and bus fare this shit is ridiculous there's people shooting up on the buses and trains with roaches and garbage everywhere and barely any ac but we the people who can barely afford nyc rent have to pay almost $4 to get any where to make more money I'm so glad I'm leaving this shit city January