City Program Steps Up Lookout For Bus Fare Beaters

WE'RE JUST AWAITING TO SEE THE
RESULTS OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM
AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHERE
IT GOES FROM HERE.
Reporter: MARCUS PAYS EVERY
SINGLE TIME HE RIDES THE BUS BUT
SEES OTHERS STIFFERING THE
DRIVER.
SCHOOLKIDS, THEY JUST WALK ON
THE BUS, OR THEY ALWAYS HAVE AN
EXCUSE THAT THEY LOST THEIR
METRO CARD OR THEY DON'T HAVE
IT.
THEY JUST WALK OR IF SOMEONE
LEAVES FROM THE BACK THEY JUST
WALK STRAIGHT IN.
Reporter: USUALLY HE SAYS THE
BUS DRIVERS SAY NOTHING.
CLOVER
MOORE SEES THE SAME.
HE SAID THEY HAVE TO PAY OR
GET OFF.
BUT THEY TYPICALLY LET THEM
ON.
Reporter: FARE BEATERS ARE
COSTING THE CITY BIG TIME.
THEY
LOST MORE THAN $128 MILLION
FROM.
LAST WEEK, THE PRESIDENT
SAID 22% OF BUS RIDERS DON'T
PAY.
THE BAD NEWS IS YOU CAN SEE
THE CHART DOES SHOW A CONTINUED
WORSENING.
Reporter: SINCE THEN A VERY
SMALL PILOT PROGRAM HAS BEGUN
PUTTING NYPD OFFICERS ON BUSES.
TODAY, THE MTA GAVE AN UPDATE.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND D THEY CAN HAVE A
PENALTY IF THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT
THE FARE.
I'VE ASKED THE NYPD TO DO
THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT TO
UNDERSTAND FROM AN ENFORCEMENT
POINT OF VIEW WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
Reporter: ALL OF THESE
AGENCIES SAY ONCE MORE
INFORMATION IS COLLECTED FROM
THE PILOT PROGRAM, THEY'LL ALL
KNOW HOW TO PROCEED.
MOORE SAYS
HOPEFULLY A PLAN IS IN PLACE
SOON.

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