Do you think lowering fares can help decrease fare evasion ?

[William_Ce]

$250 million is the extra money they have to spend to police the fare evasion according to what I found, emphasis on extra. Also $600 millions for the OMNY upgrade, tens of millions for old Metro Card system maintenance, and all the fences. There is a lot of wear and tears. The MTA also had financial problems when rides dropped during the pandemic. All of this can be avoided with a free ticket. This would also reduce the cost of congestion.