Riders and advocates opposed proposed MTA fare increases and urged stronger enforcement against fare evasion. Commuters pointed to scorching subway temperatures, equipment failures that cause delays, and widespread bus fare evasion. Some riders argued that unpaid rides contribute to the need for higher fares for paying customers and that fare increases could reduce use or increase evasion. The MTA highlighted higher satisfaction ratings, solid on-time performance, low crime rates, and efforts to secure funding beyond fares. Disability advocates and community leaders called for renewed strategies to stop fare evasion and to reassess turnstile modifications.
A procession of residents at hearings Wednesday said the MTA is on the wrong track with plans to increase fares, often calling for it to do more to collect from fare evaders. Bus and train riders and advocates at a hybrid hearing Wednesday morning, based at 130 Livingston St. in Brooklyn, pointed to scorching subway temperatures, equipment failures leading to delays and called for more to hold down fares.
We need to make sure that fare evading is stopped once and for all, said disability advocate Christopher Greif. Fare evading does hurt us seniors with disabilities. The MTA tested subway turnstile modifications that many said are leading fare evaders to hop rather than stop evasion, amid even more widespread bus fare evasion. I'm a native New Yorker, a Millennial. I use the system every single day, Jason Anthony said. I'm sick of people jumping turnstiles and not paying the fare like I do.
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