ANALYSIS: $50 Million Is Just The Tip of the MTA’s Toll Evasion Iceberg
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According to a Streetsblog analysis, the MTA lost a whopping $144 million to toll scofflaws last year.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fare evasion
Why Arguments Against ‘Free Transit’ Are Missing the Point
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Free transit pilots are popping up around the world as the pandemic rages on — and so are heated debates about whether they'll stymie efforts to deliver the high-quality service.
Op-Ed: Why Decarceration Must Be a Part of Transportation Reform
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Transit agencies can move from a policing model that seeks to detain, arrest, and imprison people to a system that carefully considers accessibility, affordability, mental health, public health, reentry, safety, and healing. Here's how.
MTA Boss ‘Rethinking’ Timing of Long-Awaited All-Door Bus Boarding
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"We might be waiting years for all-door boarding," one advocate said.
Op-Ed: Protests Lay Bare Structural Racism in Mass-Transit Policing
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Even after COVID-19, the governor and MTA doubled down on hiring more cops for the subway. Will a popular movement open a debate about the control of public space?
Council: NYPD Must Stop Discriminatory Social Distancing Enforcement
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“We are seeing the emergence of stop and frisk 2.0," said one Council Member.