A commuter leaping over a turnstile on the Bedford Avenue subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Paul Martinka
The Concern: The MTA’s creation of a fee to advise on the right way to stop fare evasion on mass transit.
Brava, Nicole Gelinas (“Foul and Fare,” Put upOpinion, April 28). Lastly, somebody has spoken the reality about a lot of the MTA’s finance issues.
Fare evasion has been round because the begin of the New York Metropolis subway system, so why is it solely being addressed now, after years of dollars being misplaced to by repeat fare-evaders?
I lived in New York Metropolis from 1993-2001, so I keep in mind occasional fare-jumpers, normally late at night time within the Village going dwelling — however not the raging downside it’s turn out to be.
Why haven’t the turnstiles been redesigned to forestall this downside from taking place? Come on, MTA. Assume outdoors the field.
Individuals don’t magically change their habits except they're pressured to. Redesign the station turnstiles whereas modernizing the system, and also you’ll see this downside disappear.
Brian Hilla-Barris
Cape Coral, Fla.
With all the cash that the MTA loses due to turnstile leaping, has not one overpaid engineer over there ever tried to design a special system, extra akin to, say, a MetroCard-controlled, floor-to-ceiling revolving door?
Joe Cesare, Copiague
Underneath regular circumstances, the MTA can be properly inside its rights to crack down on fare evasion, however first get the subway cameras working and make the subways protected for straphangers.
Town retains its traffic-light cameras in working situation to fantastic site visitors violators, so the MTA ought to be capable of do the identical when greater than cash is concerned.
And earlier than siccing fare inspectors on New Yorkers, use your manpower to cease the platform pushers, hate criminals, hammer assailants, feces attackers and different malefactors.
Get your on-time efficiency again on observe, and possibly New Yorkers gained’t not thoughts paying for transit, like prior to now.
In different phrases, get your priorities straight, MTA. No one desires to pay transit fare to be made late, punched, slashed, groped, smeared with human waste, bombed, shot – and who is aware of what else subsequent.
Gilbert Colon
Manhattan
Whereas it’s good to know the MTA is making some effort to deal with the crime happening in our subway system, I can't see the purpose of assembling a panel to fight fare evaders.
Wasn’t there a time not too way back when police stopped fare jumpers and even checked to see if that they had excellent warrants for his or her arrest?
Turnstile jumpers can solely be stopped in the event that they know there may be punishment for fare evasion.
So long as police are adopted round by morons who assume it's their responsibility to virtually stand on high of them, recording with their telephones each time they attempt to implement the legislation, the legislation won't ever be enforced.
The left has achieved an excellent job of convincing simple-minded those who legislation enforcement is the enemy. Till that notion is modified and cops have an inexpensive diploma of safety with the backing of the mayor and different officers, sadly, nothing will change.
Catherine Adago
Manhattan
Let me see if I can predict the outcomes of a subway fare-evasion crack down: Cops will begin bagging the folks bum-rushing and storming the turnstiles.
Just like the slashings, shootings, track-pushings and different mayhem being perpetrated on subway riders of all races, the overwhelming majority committing the fare evasion will likely be folks of colour.
The zeros on the left will then blame every thing on systematic racism, and attempt to persuade New Yorkers that these persons are victims — and nothing will get achieved.
Jake McNicholas
Whitestone
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