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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't care if people walk through the turnstiles. I pay because I know I'm supposed to. I'd love it if they could figure out a way to cut down on fare evasion so the system isn't deprived of revenue, but I'm not personally bothered by the fact that some people are not paying when I am.[/quote]

Fare evasion is theft of services.  I'm bothered by increasing crime and disorder, even if it's non-felonious.  The fact that we've become more resigned to all of it in DC is a sad and stark illustration of Sen. Moynihan's phrase about "defining deviancy down."[/quote]

It isn't increased crime and disorder, though.

People who don't even ride Metro posting about crime and disorder on Metro, is like me posting about the long lines at Disney World, which I have never been to.[/quote]

1.  [b]People who ride Metro regularly [/b]resent the punks and freeloaders who jump the gates or refuse to pay the fare.  They also resent the service cuts (bus lines, frequency of service).  Metro's loss from fare theft adds to Metro's fiscal challenge.  Metro's other response is to ask DC and other jurisdictions to pay more, which means that law-abiding, tax-paying riders pay twice.

2.  Long lines at Disney world don't increase the price of admission or a ticket to a Disney film.  Metro fare theft costs all of us.

3.  Metro fare theft contributes to a feeling of greater lawlessness on Metro, that manifests itself in greater and lesser offenses (assault, theft, open pot smoking, etc.)[/quote]

Are you one of them? I ride Metro regularly, and I don't. I do resent the surrounding jurisdictions that want to freeload off WMATA without providing a proper, reliable, dedicated funding stream.[/quote]

I ride the metro multiple times a day and I resent it. I ESPECIALLY resent the threat of personal assault (that’s what it is) from someone trying to come up behind me and shove me through the fare gate to get in free[/quote]

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