Fare evasion in 2019 was estimated at $36 million but in 2022 it was down to $20 million, (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

Anonymous wrote:Good, they get in the way too much and cause traffic.

Imagine how much traffic there would be if everyone on the bus was driving their own cars, instead.

There are already threads on this. Why start another?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And recriminalizing and enforcing the law against fare evasion (theft of services, in fact) will recoup over $40 million in lost revenue to Metro.

In 2018, progressives on the city counsel came up with and passed a bill to de-criminalize fare evasion.

Included in the bill was a provision where a suspect was no longer required to give police their real name if stopped for fair evasion (they still have to give their name, but it can be a fake name).

Metro is now facing bankruptcy; a large percentage of thr deficit is lost fare due to evasion.

Do you still support the progressive council you elected ?

Most people in DC didn't vote for the current council. Google is your friend.

Anonymous wrote:And recriminalizing and enforcing the law against fare evasion (theft of services, in fact) will recoup over $40 million in lost revenue to Metro.

In 2018, progressives on the city counsel came up with and passed a bill to de-criminalize fare evasion.

Included in the bill was a provision where a suspect was no longer required to give police their real name if stopped for fair evasion (they still have to give their name, but it can be a fake name).

Metro is now facing bankruptcy; a large percentage of thr deficit is lost fare due to evasion.

Do you still support the progressive council you elected ?

They should have never built their new location in Virginia. Complete waste of money.

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Anonymous wrote:No they aren’t. This is their annual ransom note to get more funding.

+1000

Exactly.

Anonymous wrote:And recriminalizing and enforcing the law against fare evasion (theft of services, in fact) will recoup over $40 million in lost revenue to Metro.

Per annum.

And recriminalizing and enforcing the law against fare evasion (theft of services, in fact) will recoup over $40 million in lost revenue to Metro.

Maybe we shouldn't have diverted billions of dollars to bike lanes that approximately 9 people use?

Anonymous wrote:No they aren’t. This is their annual ransom note to get more funding.

+1000

No they aren’t. This is their annual ransom note to get more funding.

So much for the rapid bus lanes being build from Arlington all the way to Belvoir

Good, they get in the way too much and cause traffic.

Holy sh#t, this is how the death spiral starts.