“MTA leaders should be focused on running the best service possible on our subways and buses,” Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance wrote in a statement, questioning the formation of an MTA panel tasked with suggesting ways to combat fare evasion.
and NYPD efforts at cracking down on fare evasion in the past for targeting Black and brown New Yorkers.
The MTA reports that one out of three bus riders doesn’t pay the fare, and that 12% of people taking the subway don’t pay. In 2018, thethat 16.3% of bus riders didn’t pay and 3.4% of subway riders skipped fares, resulting in an annual loss of $225 million from non-paying subway and bus riders.
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