New Yorkers Just Stopped Paying For The Bus...

Summary

The video highlights the growing issue of fare evasion on New York City's public buses, where 48% of riders skip paying. This is causing significant financial strain on the MTA, potentially leading to service cuts. Enforcement efforts have been slow, with many criticizing the unreliable bus service as a reason for non-payment. The city's previous reliance on congestion pricing to fund public transit was blocked, leaving the MTA struggling to recoup losses. The video explores the impact of fare evasion and questions whether stricter enforcement or making buses free is the solution.

Takeaways

• 🚍 Nearly half of New York City bus riders (48%) are evading fares, which is contributing to the financial struggles of the MTA.
• 💸 Fare evasion on buses costs the MTA about $315 million annually, and on subways, another $285 million is lost due to fare-jumping.
• 🛑 Fare enforcement has historically been minimal on buses, with most riders evading fares without consequence, leading to a growing problem.
• 👮 The MTA and NYPD are now cracking down on fare evasion by issuing summonses to offenders, but critics question whether this will effectively deter non-payers.
• 💰 If everyone paid their bus fares, the MTA could collect an additional half a billion dollars yearly, potentially saving the bus system from service cuts.
• 🚶 Some bus riders evade fares because they feel the bus service is unreliable and not worth paying for, with delays, skipped stops, and slow travel times cited as reasons.
• 🏙️ The city had planned to rely on congestion pricing to fund public transit, but this plan was blocked, leaving the MTA without a major revenue source.
• 🔍 Critics argue that fare enforcement unfairly targets low-income individuals, while others say it's necessary to save the bus system from collapse.
• 📉 Fare evasion has worsened since 2020, when rear-door boarding was encouraged for health reasons, creating a habit of non-payment.
• 🚔 Despite the recent crackdown, there are only 200 enforcement teams for over 300 bus routes, making it difficult to catch enough offenders to change behavior.

Q & A

What is the main issue discussed in the video transcript?

The main issue discussed is the significant problem of fare evasion on buses in New York City, where almost 50% of bus riders do not pay the fare, leading to massive financial losses for the city's public transit system.

How much revenue is the MTA losing due to fare evasion?

The MTA is losing around $600 million a year due to fare evasion, with $315 million lost from bus fare evasion and $285 million from subway fare evasion.

Why do some people choose not to pay the bus fare?

Some people choose not to pay the bus fare because they feel the service is unreliable, slow, and not worth the cost. Others may not be able to afford it.

What has been the city's response to the growing fare evasion problem?

The city has deployed enforcement teams called 'Eagle teams' and partnered with the NYPD to issue fines and summonses to fare evaders in an effort to address the problem.

Why did fare evasion increase during the events of 2020?

Fare evasion increased in 2020 because the city encouraged rear-door boarding for health and safety reasons, which allowed riders to bypass the front of the bus where the fare is collected.

What are the arguments in favor of and against fare evasion crackdowns?

Proponents argue that fare evasion crackdowns are necessary to save the transit system from financial collapse. Critics, however, believe crackdowns unfairly target low-income individuals who cannot afford to pay.

What is one proposed solution to improve fare enforcement on buses?

One proposed solution is to have officers randomly check passengers’ payment records during their ride and offer them the option to pay a reduced fine on the spot if they hadn’t paid the fare.

Why is it difficult for the city to crack down on fare evasion?

It is difficult for the city to crack down on fare evasion because there are too few enforcement teams (only 200) compared to the vast number of bus stops (over 300), making it easy for fare evaders to avoid getting caught.

What suggestion has been made by some officials regarding fare collection?

Some officials have suggested making buses free for everyone, which would cost the city around $800 million annually, but they argue this could be a more practical solution than trying to enforce fares.

How might bus service improve to encourage more people to pay?

Bus service could improve by reducing delays caused by cars blocking bus lanes. The city plans to equip buses with cameras to issue fines to vehicles that obstruct bus lanes, which could lead to faster and more reliable service.

Outlines

00:00

🚍 Public Transit Crisis: Fare Evasion on the Rise

The video opens by addressing the growing issue of fare evasion in New York City's public transit system. Approximately 48% of bus riders evade fares, which is financially crippling the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The combination of a poorly managed transit system and fare evasion is causing a crisis, with officials issuing fines to violators. Despite the crackdown, bus fare evasion is particularly rampant compared to the subway, where only 18% evade. The MTA could recoup half a billion dollars if everyone paid, but the rampant non-payment threatens the survival of public transit in the city.

05:01

💰 Service Cuts Loom Amid Mounting Losses

As fare evasion continues to rise, the MTA is grappling with potential service cuts. Riders complain about the poor quality of service, citing slow and unreliable buses, which they argue justifies not paying fares. Some riders admit to not paying due to financial hardship, while others express frustration with fare enforcers. The root of the problem lies in the city's decision during the pandemic to allow rear-door boarding for health reasons, which led to a culture of non-payment. The MTA lost hundreds of millions in 2022 alone due to fare evasion across buses and subways.

10:02

🚨 Lawlessness and Lack of Enforcement

The fare evasion crisis has worsened due to years of non-enforcement. During 2020, when rear-door boarding was encouraged, fare collection plummeted. Even before then, 20% of riders weren't paying, but today that number has doubled to almost 50%. The city's lack of enforcement over the years has created a culture where people no longer feel obligated to pay for public transit. The MTA now faces a system that is hemorrhaging money, with critics pointing out the growing lawlessness and lack of respect for public transit rules.

15:03

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👮 Limited Resources and Ineffective Fines

The city's efforts to enforce fare payments face significant challenges. The general public is largely against the enforcement, citing poor service quality, while the city lacks sufficient resources to send out enforcement officers. The fines issued are too low to act as a deterrent, and enforcement teams are too few to make a meaningful impact. Some propose higher fines or banning non-payers from riding the bus altogether, but the current system only punishes law-abiding citizens by increasing fares for those who do pay.

🚌 An Uphill Battle: Eagle Teams and Weak Enforcement

Eagle Teams, undercover enforcement agents tasked with catching fare evaders, are deployed, but with only 200 teams covering over 300 bus stops, enforcement is limited. The video emphasizes that more people would need to be caught and fined regularly to change behavior. However, the city's enforcement capacity is far below what is necessary to make a difference, with only around 600 tickets issued daily compared to the millions of bus riders. Without stronger action, the fare evasion crisis will likely continue to worsen.

💸 A Radical Solution: Free Buses for All?

Some city officials are beginning to propose a radical solution: making buses free for everyone. With fare evasion so widespread, they argue it might be more cost-effective to stop collecting fares altogether. The cost of making buses free is estimated at $800 million annually, a figure that could be covered by reducing the bloated MTA budget by just 4%. Although this idea seems unlikely to be implemented, it reflects the desperation to find a solution to the mounting crisis.

🚦 Potential Improvements: Bus Lanes and Technology

The video concludes by discussing potential improvements to the bus system, including stricter enforcement of bus-only lanes using onboard cameras to ticket drivers who illegally use these lanes. The speaker suggests that making buses faster and more reliable could encourage more people to pay. However, without significant changes in service quality or stronger penalties for non-payment, the fare evasion issue will likely persist, further threatening the viability of the city’s public transit system.

Keywords

💡Fare evasion

Fare evasion refers to the act of riding public transportation without paying the required fare. In the video, it is a significant problem in New York City, particularly on buses, where 48% of riders do not pay. This issue contributes to financial losses for the MTA and is a central theme, as it threatens the sustainability of public transit services.

💡Public transit

Public transit includes systems like buses and subways that are available to the public for transportation. The video focuses on the struggles of New York City’s public transit system, which is facing financial hardship due to widespread fare evasion, leading to discussions of potential service cuts.

💡MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

The MTA is the agency responsible for public transportation in New York City. In the video, the MTA is struggling financially due to fare evasion, losing hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The agency is enforcing new measures to combat fare evasion to sustain its operations.

💡Congestion pricing

Congestion pricing is a proposed system to tax drivers for using certain roads in the city to reduce traffic and raise funds. The video mentions how the city was banking on congestion pricing to generate revenue for public transit, but this plan was blocked, exacerbating the financial strain on the MTA.

💡Bus service

Bus service refers to the city’s public bus transportation network, which is particularly affected by fare evasion. The video highlights how half of bus riders don’t pay the fare, making the service unsustainable. The poor reliability and slow nature of bus service contribute to the public's reluctance to pay.

💡Fair enforcement

Fair enforcement involves measures taken to ensure riders pay their fare when using public transportation. The video discusses how the MTA and NYPD have begun cracking down on fare evaders by issuing fines, but this effort may not be enough due to the massive scale of fare evasion.

💡Eagle teams

Eagle teams are undercover enforcement agents tasked with monitoring and issuing fines to fare evaders on New York City buses. These teams are part of the city's strategy to address fare evasion, but the video questions whether their efforts will be sufficient to reverse the problem.

💡Financial loss

Financial loss refers to the MTA’s lost revenue due to fare evasion. The video mentions that in 2022, the MTA lost $315 million from bus fare evasion and another $285 million from subway fare evasion, contributing to the ongoing financial crisis of New York’s public transit system.

💡Service cuts

Service cuts refer to the potential reduction of public transit services due to insufficient funding. In the video, the threat of bus and subway service cuts looms as fare evasion worsens, with fewer paying riders contributing to the transit system’s operating costs.

💡Reliability of service

Reliability of service refers to how consistently and efficiently public transportation operates. The video points out that many riders avoid paying fares because they believe the bus service is too slow and unreliable to justify the cost, which exacerbates the fare evasion problem.

Highlights

Nearly 1 million bus riders daily in NYC, and 48% of them evade paying fares, causing financial strain on public transit.

NYC's public transit, including subways and buses, has been run so poorly that it's now out of money, with fare evasion worsening the issue.

Fare evasion on buses has reached nearly 50%, compared to 18% on subways, with little enforcement historically on buses.

The MTA estimates it could gain an additional $500 million annually if all riders paid their fares.

Fare evasion became more prominent during 2020 when the city allowed rear-door boarding for health reasons, making fare collection harder.

The city has created a culture where public transit is not respected, as evasion has steadily grown and enforcement has been lacking.

In 2022, the MTA lost $315 million due to bus fare evasion and another $285 million due to subway turnstile jumpers.

A controversial congestion pricing tax was proposed to generate billions, but it was blocked, leaving fare enforcement as the city’s current focus.

Critics argue that fare evasion crackdowns unfairly target the needy, while proponents claim they are necessary to prevent service cuts.

The fines for fare evasion ($100) are not enough to deter many people, as they would need to receive fines multiple times for real impact.

A significant portion of bus riders do not believe the service is worth the fare due to its unreliability and inefficiency.

Suggestions have been made to increase enforcement through a more aggressive strategy, such as checking every third or fourth rider for valid payment.

Some city officials have suggested making buses free, which would cost around $800 million annually but could solve the fare evasion problem.

The bus lane enforcement initiative, where buses equipped with cameras capture license plates of cars illegally stopping in bus lanes, aims to improve service speed and reliability.

If enforcement isn’t strengthened, some fear fare evasion rates could approach 100%, further pushing the public transit system toward collapse.

Transcripts

every single day close to 1 million bus

riders 48% bored without paying the fair

I yell at some people you want to see

service Cuts keep doing that people

don't pay their fair so half of New York

City no longer believes in paying for

public transit and they've just stopped

which is stealing but this Fair EV asan

surge is happening at the worst possible

time for the city because our public

transit networks our Subways our buses

this whole system has been run so poorly

for so long that it's now out of money

and if people aren't paying to use it

it's going to shut down the NYPD and MTA

are joining forces to crack down on bus

Fair evasion anyone caught skipping out

on the fair will be fined watch as this

man is issued a summons for hopping a

bus then he's promptly pulled off a

second bus for trying to board again

without pain the problem has been

growing especially on buses where very

little enforcement has happened

traditionally Subway Riders they skip

out on the fair at a rate of 18% but

roughly half of all bus riders do not

swipe a metro card to board it's really

annoying to get on the bus and have

people either come in through the back

doors or in the front and just walk

right by and not pay it's annoying pay a

fair sometimes I have a feeling I'm the

only one who's paying the F so here's

the deal how much could the MTA get if

everybody paid their share an extra half

a billion dollars into the kitty that's

how much we're skipping out on the

message to the non-paying riter pay your

fair and enter the subway system and the

buses

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lawfully so now that no one's paying to

ride the bus the city is sending out its

enforcers to catch fair evaders but what

everyone's missing about this recent

searge in Fair evasion is that it's been

going on for a long long time steadily

getting worse every single year and

nothing's been done to stop it ever and

doing nothing was the plan all along

because the city was banking on the

start of its controversial tax on

traffic which would have generated

billions of dollars per year in extra

money and according to critics would

have also caused the cost of living in

New York to surge as companies pass

those taxes onto their customers but

that plan was blocked and if the city

still wants to offer Subway and bus

service it better figure out how to get

people to start paying for it because

running these things cost hundreds of

millions of dollars every single year

yet year after year the city has just

let Scofflaw after scoff law board the

bus and ride for free which reveals that

most people don't think the bus is worth

paying for at all in the first place

which brings us to the real reason why

we've now got a massive Fair evasion

problem on our buses they're slow

they're unreliable and Defenders of fair

evasion say they just simply aren't

worth the fair the city's asking for and

up until recently nobody was busted for

fair Eva but as bad as the services

nobody here realizes that the $2.90 bus

fair is actually only $145 per Rider

because half of us don't pay leading our

entire public transit Network further

down the path of bankruptcy but while

critic say these crackdowns are wrong

because they unfairly Target the needy

proponents say they're necessary because

the entire system is ready to collapse

and the only way to save it is to lay

down the

law so bus service in this city it's

definitely not perfect and I can

understand why many people are so

frustrated with it they don't want to

pay for it first of all it's incredibly

unreliable when there's traffic jams the

bus is late sometimes it never shows up

and sometimes it doesn't stop long

enough for people to actually get on

it's incredibly frustrating but none of

those are legitimate reasons to steal

from the bus company and ride for free

after all if nobody pays there aren't

going to be any more buses and buses are

able to serve parts of the city that

don't have working or reliable Subway

access for some people it's their only

way to get anywhere and they're also not

free to operate which is why we're now

at a breaking point where not enough

people are paying for them and it looks

like there might be service Cuts if

something's not done but now that the

city is trying to do something they're

encountering a big problem because this

problem of be evasion it's so massive

with so many people not doing it

whatever the city tries to do may not

work it's really annoying to get on the

bus and have people either come in

through the back doors or in the front

and just walk right by and not pay the

MTA says during the first three months

of this year 48% of bus riders did not

pay to get on board you know what

happened is so according to the city 48%

of the people on that bus that just left

didn't pay to use it and that's been

happening for the first 3 months of this

year which is ridiculous because if any

business tried to run itself at a 50%

discount all the time it would cease to

operate and the city better do something

quick or else our bus system might be in

that type of predicament some people are

saying that if this keeps up the city is

going to have to reduce the amount of

bus service it offers because that's the

simplest way to recoup costs but to many

people that's a bad idea because a lot

of the folks that don't pay say they

don't pay because the service is

terrible and if it only gets worse won't

even less people start paying or stop

paying yet the city's trying to force

people to do it by sending out the fair

evasion enforcers to write fines and

give tickets and when interviewed people

riding the bus say that they understand

it can't be free and that everyone

should pay even the people who ride it

from time to time without paying for it

I just put my head down and wonder why

they don't pay some we spoke with

admitted to not paying because they

couldn't afford it I used to do it back

in the day so I know what makes people

do that but I don't enourage it anymore

but that doesn't mean I don't understand

people's like what their thought process

could be says you know these are some

pretty honest responses and it seems

like everybody riding the bus including

the people who don't pay to use it

understand that that's wrong and people

should pay or the service is going to

get so bad nobody wants to take it

because it just isn't worth it but part

of the reason why there are so many

people boarding these buses without

paying is because during the events of

2020 the city decided that it wasn't

going to police Fair evasion in fact the

city actively encouraged rear door

boarding for health and safety reasons

because the driver sits in the front but

the problem with that is the front is

where you have to pay to ride the bus

and apparently people got in the habit

of riding the bus for free that's what

the head of the MTA says and he says now

to all of a sudden start making people

pay to ride the bus again it's going to

be an uphill battle and now it's an even

bigger uphill battle because the city

has waited until half the people on the

bus don't pay this would have been

easier had they started back in 2019

when only around 20% of people who were

riding the bus weren't paying the MTA

says in 2022 it lost 315 million because

of bus Fair evasion and 285 million as a

result of Subway Turn Style jumpers Mark

calls it a sad sign

$315 million that's 2022 is figures for

people not paying to ride the bus yet in

2022 nobody said this was a big problem

but it obviously was especially when you

add to it another 300 million laws from

folks skipping out on their Subway fairs

the entire transit system loses about

$600 million a year no wonder it's

falling apart and bankrupt but the real

reason the city never thought Fair

evasion was a big deal was because it's

never been planning to enforce this

stuff no instead they were just going to

tax every single car on the road with

their congestion pricing scheme that's

what those toll readers are for that you

see all over the city but this scheme

it's been paused by the governor because

it's incredibly controversial and some

people believe that not only will it

distribute pollution from Manhattan

where rich people live to other parts of

town where those rich people don't live

like the Bronx Brooklyn Staten Island

they say it's also going to cause

companies to pass the cost of those

tolls on to their customers and when

things like your food that's in a

grocery store are getting hit with a

congestion tax it will make everyone's

food and everyone's life more expensive

but now because the city can't tax cars

to pay for buses that nobody wants to

pay for now the people on the bus have

to pay for it and to many people that's

how it should work right if a service is

useful it should cost something and

people should pay to use it but the

problem is there were Fair evasion

crackdowns about a year ago and those

didn't nothing to turn around this

sinking ship of people not paying to use

the bus which makes people ask how is

this new round of crackdowns going to do

anything has this problem gotten worse

as a matter of fact believe it or not

it's doubled in 2020 only 21% of the

people weren't paying their fairs it's

now almost 50% now Mt you know listening

to everyone talk about this you'd almost

think that 4 years ago 20% of people not

paying to ride the bus was acceptable to

the bus company but this reveals

something else if 20% of people haven't

been paying for about 4 years this means

that conceivably some of the people now

being asked to start paying haven't done

so for much longer than that but the

real issue here is that the city has

created a culture of lawlessness

throughout its public transportation

Network people don't feel like they

should pay for something because when

they get on nobody else pays it's

demoralizing and it costs a lot of money

$2.90 it's not nothing and even though

the people who ride the bus for free are

technically stealing the city has a hand

in this because they've allowed things

to get to a point where a critical mass

of individuals go about doing just that

and they've taught people that our

public transit networks both the subway

and the bus are not worth respecting

because nobody punishes you for

disrespecting it which is in fact a

battle they may be unable to win because

right now things are already at 50%

non-payment we're trending in a

direction that is going to steadily

approach 100% non-payment and it doesn't

really look like the has enough

resources to deal with this problem in

any meaningful way which means it's only

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video so there are three problems with

trying to enforce fairs on our buses the

first problem is that the general public

to an extent is against it because they

don't think the bus service is worth it

the second problem is the city doesn't

have a whole lot of resources to send

out police to enforce these things to

begin with and the third problem is that

the fines in question aren't actually

enough in the minds of some to change

the behavior of fair evaders they think

the fines should be higher which means

current efforts at enforcing Fair

evasion don't look like they're going to

work watches this man is issued a

summons for hopping a bus he complains

to us that everyone does does it anybody

go inside the nobody pay for only me not

take outside then he's promptly pulled

off a second bus for trying to board

again without paying the MTA is looking

to recoup money so never mind the idea

that fair enforcement to begin with is

unjust because it targets the needy and

harasses those who can't afford to take

the bus in the first place the idea

behind it is that fair evasion is going

to scare people and get everyone to

start paying but there's a problem

because the math the math doesn't add up

because according to to the New York

Post the $100 fine isn't enough to

change anyone's Behavior unless they get

that fine more than once every 35 days

and if you steal from a regular business

you'll be barred from entering that

business they'll cut you off but the bus

you can just keep riding it even if you

do take it without paying that's another

problem and there are some who think

that if people were to lose their

ability to ride the bus or be banned

from getting on at all everyone would

pay because people use it to work for a

living they rely on it it's an essal

part of their lives and losing that

essential part of their lives would cost

them much much more than the fair

evasion ticket yet that's not how we do

things in the city the only people who

suffer any consequences from non-paying

Riders are the riders that do pay

because their Fair keeps going up

revealing that once again New York City

has created a system that only punishes

the law abiding starting this week

undercover enforcement agents called

Eagle teams started riding buses

observing faders then escorting them off

to issue a summons the nyp is on hand to

ensure things don't escalate the message

so in order for fair evasion to make

sense or Consequences thereof to make

sense people have to get caught doing it

enough to change their behavior and they

have to see enough people getting caught

around them to realize that hey this

isn't worth it these guys are on the bus

watching me but that's not what we see

we still see very little enforcement yes

there's a few people on the news we're

getting tickets but you know it's like a

small handful of people and there are

many opportunities for people to get on

the bus without paying and get away with

it that's a big problem because other

patrons are going to see that and

they're going to think that the city's

really not serious about cracking down

in fact there are just 200 such Eagle

teams those are the enforcement teams

that go after Fair Vaders riding the bus

but we've got over 300 bus stops so

people have a pretty good chance of

getting away with it if they want to

like they have for almost half a decade

now it's really sad because it looks

like this problem's gotten so big

there's no way out for the city the New

York Post says the city would have to be

giving out

28,000 tickets a day in order to change

the behavior of most of the people who

ride the bus but we're only giving out

around 600 violations a day and millions

of people ride the bus revealing that

not enough people are likely to be made

examples of in order to scare others

into compliance and that's got some

elected officials now suggesting that

you know what this whole battle against

fair evasion it's a lost cause let's

just make the buses free for everyone

and stop trying to enforce fairs let's

just stop collecting them all together

how much would that cost that's about

$800 million a year which may sound like

a lot of money and it is substantial but

in the context of a city budget that is

north of hundred billion and a state

budget that is north of $220 billion you

got to love politics money is never any

issue because there's always something

else out there that's more expensive

than the thing that you want to spend

money on but although an $800 million

free bus program sounds a little bit

ridiculous part of me actually agrees

that this idea of $800 million worth of

free bus rides for the entire city isn't

such a big deal when the company or the

agency rather that runs those buses

costs $20 billion a year to operate and

if this bloated agency were to cut just

4% of their budget they would have

enough money for everybody to ride the

bus for free so when you look at it that

way it doesn't seem like it's that big

of an idea right but we all know that's

never going to happen that budget didn't

get so big and so bloated without

hundreds of people earning six figure in

comes doing things that don't

necessarily lead to more efficiency and

since no one's talking about reducing

the mta's budget anytime soon it looks

like the likely way out of this will be

fair evasion crackdowns but as we

already know there might not be enough

of those so what could the city do to

improve its Fair collection efforts well

one suggestion is that the city could

pursue a more aggressive fee fine rather

collection strategy what they could do

is they could have officers get on a bus

after it's been boarded and they could

have every third or fourth Rider tap

their credit card against a card reader

to see if it had been used if it hadn't

been used they could offer that person a

chance to pay a reduced fine on the spot

of say $50 instead of 100 plus the fair

which would mean instant collection of

that fine and the fair and it would show

everybody on the bus that the chances of

getting caught are actually way higher

than what we're dealing with today the

only good news that's on the table as

far as Fair collection has to do with

the buses and the lanes they operate in

because you see this red strip of Road

here that this Uber is stopping in that

is the bus lane that car is not supposed

to be there and what they're going to

start doing is they're going to have

buses with cameras on them get the

license plates of cars that do this and

issue summonses this should help improve

service if cars and trucks stop stopping

here impeding the flow of the very buses

that the city wants people to start

paying for if that starts happening will

buses be faster and better run will that

help people decide that they are worth

paying for is offering good reliable

service what the city needs to do in

order to revitalize its bus system or

should we punish people worse than we

already are for not paying to use it is

that the right answer what about that

would that help the city get some extra

money in its pockets is that ridiculous

let me know thank you so much I'll see

you in the next video