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Rottimer t1_j25p73e wrote

>“Overwhelmingly, the criminals are fare evaders, so if we do a decent job of discouraging fare evasion and stopping people who are engaged in it, we’re going to catch a lot of criminals,” MTA CEO Janno Lieber said in October.

Do they actually have a documented study on this, or is he talking out of his ass based on feelings?

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Curiosities t1_j26gafb wrote

There has never been any sort of citation or source for this, but it, predictably, keeps getting repeated.

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Grass8989 t1_j266n7e wrote

Everyone that commits crime on the subway is definitely dutifully paying their fare before committing said crime!

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mission17 t1_j26b0bb wrote

So… no, we don’t have a study, just vibes.

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Grass8989 t1_j26b8hi wrote

I don’t know I don’t work for the MTA, but I imagine they have access to that data.

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Curiosities t1_j26gdnb wrote

Would be simple enough to back up their claims with that data if they did.

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Shreddersaurusrex t1_j26hg30 wrote

Janno Lieber is so sickening to see on the news 🙄🙄🙄

The funniest part was him suggesting a redesign of turnstiles/emergency gates for the sake of fare revenue.

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fafalone t1_j27ob01 wrote

Even if it was true... none of these programs are aimed at making serious reductions in fare evading by homeless/mentally ill nuts. They'll just go to a different entrance, or get a ticket they won't pay, or worst case scenario a brief trip to get their id verified at the station if they're not carrying one, and will go straight back to fare evading because they don't care and there's never a high enough coverage rate except a few entrances to a few stations in tourist heavy areas to make getting caught something frequent enough to be a deterrent for them.

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