Leftists, particularly in Bill De Blasio’s New York, are always trying to shove people into public transportation. Never mind that the subways are full of robbers, gropers, stinkers, and pushers, never mind that the public buses are horrible to ride, crowded, jerky, slow, complete with atrocious customer service. (An exception, of course, is made for illegals, with drivers licenses now being issued to that crowd, the better to get their votes). But everyone else is expected to ride the bus.
And sure enough, bus conditions are pretty horrible even as New York’s bus service is now losing money.
The problem? A quarter of the commuters crowding up and sometimes stinking up the bus aren’t paying the fare. Here’s the New York Post, on the case:
More and more riders are boarding city buses without paying the fare, according to new MTA data for the first quarter of 2019.
The cheapskates run most rampant on local bus routes, where one in every four riders skirts the fare, representing a 35-percent spike from the same time period in 2018.
Turnstile-jumping on the subways is also on the rise, though it remains far less frequent at approximately 3.9 percent of riders […]
Read the full story from American Thinker
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