@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoThe NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000hellgatenyc.commessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1505cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1505external-linkThe NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000hellgatenyc.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months ago Catching crimals is almost never profitable… but it’s still important and has positive externalities for discouraging future crime. The “crime” of transit fare evasion has bigger positive externalities than discouraging it does.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 months agoThis is why people are campaigning to remove the user-fees from Transit. That’s the proper way to do that.
The “crime” of transit fare evasion has bigger positive externalities than discouraging it does.
This is why people are campaigning to remove the user-fees from Transit. That’s the proper way to do that.