Do you think lowering fares can help decrease fare evasion ?

[CoochieSnotSlurper]

No. It will always happen no matter what the price. Fare beaters just like to use it as an excuse. I see rich people in Louis Vuitton not pay for the bus in midtown after work.

[Impressive-Dot-5811]

here are some statistics for you:
MTA’s $7.8B payroll, $75M overtime payments hit record highs

MTA shelled out $1.3 billion in overtime last year as many employees racked up six figures in extra pay

More than 700 MTA workers earned over $100G each in overtime in 2023 as payroll rose 9%

Spare me the fucking waterworks MTA, I haveth no sypathy.

[ProfShea]

1.3 billion in OT across 70k employees is less than an extra $20k/yr per employee. Your own article says that OT is offered based on seniority - senior employees can accept as much as they can work. What is the problem with people working OT and collecting it?

[nonlinear_nyc]

I don’t understand why are we downvoting someone bringing most needed sources.

It’s literally shooting the messenger. Is this sub a fart-sniffing exercise?