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Reply to "Um, WMATA is about to eliminate half of the bus lines starting July 1"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Fare evasion in 2019 was estimated at $36 million but in 2022 it was down to $20 million,[/b] (and that I think was before WMATA spent $70 million on new fare gates). Meanwhile the budget gap is $750 million with reduced charges to localities being about $200 million of that and telework about $500 million. Blaming Metro’s deficit on fare evasion is not serious at all (which is different from saying whether something should be done about DC law on fare evasion but changing the law will not save any bus routes). Trying[/quote] There is really no good way to know the precise figures, and metro has every incentive to act as though fare evasion is going down. I would not trust these figures.[/quote]
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