MTA cracks down on fare beaters as they deploy special inspectors to make sure passengers pay
The MTA is planning to spend up to $1 million grant money on a study that they hope will help them understand the mindset of the average fare evader, The Post has learned.
The agency said in the proposal that they had already done some of their own research into people who skip the $2.90 fare — and have already categorized them as either “opportunists,” “rebels,” “idealists,” “youth,” “unintentional” or “low-income” The spending during a time when the MTA says it is struggling to pay to update signals, had critics calling the move by the Janno Lieber-helmed organization “wasteful” and “idiotic.”Noting that it lost $600 million to fare evasion in 2022, a historic high, the MTA wants to pay a researcher up to $1 million to study the phenomenon:Develop at least three “behavioral interventions” to try to get the fare evaders to stop.
“Research in Santiago recommends that campaigns ‘transform the feelings of irritation, outrage, and deceit . . . into feelings of appreciation, satisfaction, and fairness.’ Defending the unconventional proposal, the MTA also pointed to other countries who’ve had success using bizarre behavioral interventions.
“This needs to change,” John McCarthy, the agency’s chief of policy and external relations told The Post.
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