They just started somewhat taking it seriously this year, because the agency lost a bunch of money from people not paying the fares.
The City Council and the NY State Assembly has made it so the arrests are pointless revolving door exercises.
You was on the metro north so you was good
I wouldn’t try that on regular train in the city way too many bums not even them stealing or anything just imagine they’re doing crack in the cart while you sleep or they touch you with their hands they haven’t washed in 3 months
The thought of falling asleep on a NYC Subway train lolfacts
metro north is like Quatar airlines compared to spirit ass NYC metro lines
I aint ever passed out or been comfy on a number or letter line a day in my lyfe.
So, New Yorkers most who feel this way are wrong? The stats that say this is the worst it’s been since 1997 are wrong?
They used to ticket and it used to be enforced.
i dont know a damn thing about new york, but i know about police, and theyre not going to run these guys down and tackle them... theyre gonna start spraying bullets and putting people in danger. i dont know how they have it set up there, but i'd imagine as huge as NYC's transit system is, they must have some kind of security force they could put on this. there must be a way they can make it safer without making it worse, or the current position (which is arguably worse): apathy
So, New Yorkers most who feel this way are wrong? The stats that say this is the worst it’s been since 1997 are wrong?
It’s ok for a kid in the Bronx to basically walk through a shooting gallery before boarding the train every day to school?
It has to be Afghanistan for something to be done and for concerns to be credible?
Ok, bro enjoy paying that soon to be 4% price hike for dangerous, shyt service.
They used to ticket and it used to be enforced.
My ass know because I had to eat some tickets but that was when I was young.
Before the pandemic if you was hopping turnstiles or boarding select buses without paying there was always a chance of getting ticketed.
The buses are even worse now everyone gets on without paying.
Bus drivers used to be stern if you was a teen and lost your MetroCard a lot of em used to make an example out you and teach you to politely ask them for a ride. There was less protection for them too back then a steel pole/latch now they in like a lil booth and their sole responsibility is driving the bus.
Honestly shyt has change a lot…
Yeah, it’s the worst, it’s not like people didn’t report crime back then.Is it really the worst era for Subway crime since '97 or is it that more crimes are just being reported now than in every other year?
I feel like the subway is shyt right now but on the other end this era is the safest I ever felt on the train. I have seen some shyt in my years and I can honestly say it has gotten better since the early 2000s.
the subway is uh, definitely not fine lmao
ive been traversing this city solo for 15 years now. the first 5 years i was a student that primarily took the bus (which only has a leg up over the train because you aren't trapped in a tube underground), and the majority of the remaining decade, i was required to get up and report to a site or office of some sort and relied almost exclusively on MTA trains to do so. my current job requires me to be in lower manhattan 2 to 3 times a week. i share all that to say that i am a regular, seasoned straphanger and not just someone pontificating on the net.
the subway is cooked.
i regularly have to switch train cars to avoid fuccery included but not limited to...
i had a conversation with my mom about it a few weeks ago and she says that she's surprised how people are just accepting the deterioration of basic infrastructure that we all pay into. the fact that there are folks out there okay with the nyc subway seemingly returning to it 1980s form is wild to me
- people openly engaging in drug use
- people (typically men) exposing themselves and flat out sexually assaulting other riders
- people pissin and shyttin openly (note: none of these things are occurring on "empty trains")
- people fuccin, smoking, blasting music, ignoring basic etiquette, feeling that their bag is entitled to a seat, etc.
- bodily oders so rancid that people are gagging
- folks obviously looking to crash and looking for passenger to collide with
It's also funny when these dumbass mfers on social media and this very website say that nobody drives in NYC.
Transit police will bother or patrol legal paying riders before the illegal ones. That’s how it is in DC and Philly from my experience. I once left a lunch party, where I had just finished eating, and now on my way to my next trip and some transit police is harassing me in the platform for my food that I’m carrying home ina to go tray talking about I can’t eat onthe platform. I’m yelling at him that I’m not eating, I’m just carrying my bag which is clearly tied up . Dude threatening Me talking about throw it in the trash or leave. I sit there and say no. Call your boss and don’t touch me. Other people on the platform are telling. I wasn’t eating , just standing there airing for the train. Meanwhile I’m watching kids jump over the pay stands and getting free rides.
It has to be more than having police in stations.
