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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Speaking of fare evasion

43% of subway fare-beaters are kids, report finds, costing the MTA millions

For years, TransLink officials made the ridiculous claim that the loss of revenue from using the honour system for fare payments was so little it didn't justify the high cost of gates.
Almost no one agreed, particularly since nearly every other transit system in the world has used faregates for decades.

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