{"id":383387,"date":"2021-12-20T00:04:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mtas-fare-is-going-down-but-riders-arent-coming-back-till-violence-decreases\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T00:04:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:04:36","slug":"mtas-fare-is-going-down-but-riders-arent-coming-back-till-violence-decreases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mtas-fare-is-going-down-but-riders-arent-coming-back-till-violence-decreases\/","title":{"rendered":"#MTA&#8217;s fare is going down but riders aren&#8217;t coming back till violence decreases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#MTA&#8217;s fare is going down but riders aren&#8217;t coming back till violence decreases<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nicole-gelinas.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Nicole Gelinas\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nicole-gelinas.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nicole-gelinas.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Hochul-era Metropolitan Transportation Authority is having a sale: Starting next year, it will offer big discounts to get people to use subways, buses and commuter rail more often. That\u2019s great \u2014 but a huge chunk of people use the subway rarely, if at all, because they fear the rise in violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>Incoming Adams-era Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell must make safeguarding the underground a key part of luring New Yorkers back to business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before COVID, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/new.mta.info\/document\/24141\">more than half<\/a> of subway and bus riders bought unlimited-ride MetroCards, for seven or 30 days. After a certain number of rides \u2014 12 with the weekly pass and 44 with the monthly \u2014 every ride after was free.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The point of this policy wasn\u2019t to make people\u2019s commutes cheaper (it didn\u2019t) but to get people to ride outside of their commutes: That is, hopping the train to see a friend or do some shopping was free. In the late 1990s, more nighttime ridership made the system safer by getting more people onto platforms and trains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, most people aren\u2019t buying unlimited-ride passes because they\u2019re not on the trains enough. Subway ridership is only 60 percent of \u201cnormal,\u201d on its best day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it\u2019s hard to plan ahead: If you buy a $127 monthly pass and your workplace tells you not to come to work, you\u2019ve wasted your money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The MTA is acknowledging that uncertainty. Starting February, even if you\u2019re not using a weekly or monthly pass, as long as you use your OMNY card (or a credit card or phone hooked up to OMNY) to pay per ride, if you <em>do<\/em> take 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s in any given week, trips after that are free. (You will still have to tap, but it will \u201cremember\u201d your previous rides.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This effectively gives people who end up using the train a lot a weekly pass \u2014 and, if you do it four weeks in a row, close to a monthly pass for only $5 more than paying for the month upfront.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"According to numbers, the new Eric Adams administration must make protecting the subway systems their top priority. \" class=\"wp-image-20547406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to numbers, the new Eric Adams administration must make protecting the subway systems their top priority. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MTA will offer similar bulk discounts on Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to try to get back to the office more often to add more structure to your life, <em>and<\/em> you want to combine doing that with some fun stuff before or after work, this might give you a nudge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Bew-Jirajariyawetch-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322\" alt=\"Bew Jirajariyawetch's injuries are seen after she was attacked in the subway on the platform of the Herald Square station early November 22, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20547439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Bew-Jirajariyawetch-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Bew-Jirajariyawetch-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=482 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Bew-Jirajariyawetch-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Bew-Jirajariyawetch-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Bew-Jirajariyawetch-214.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Bew Jirajariyawetch\u2019s injuries are seen after she was attacked in the subway on the platform of the Herald Square station early November 22, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This effort is slow \u2014 why February? \u2014 but at least the MTA is trying, and it has to maintain a balance between getting people back on trains without getting passengers accustomed to <em>too <\/em>deep discounts that the pols will balk at reversing later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But a big reason riders with a choice \u2014 which tends to be the more affluent ones \u2014 are staying away from the trains isn\u2019t the money. They\u2019re staying away because they feel unsafe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They said so. As acting MTA chief Janno Lieber said last week, a survey of 123,000 riders shows that the \u201coverwhelming majority are concerned about their personal safety\u201d because of \u201ccrazy and unsettling incidents.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all read the stories of the pushings and the vicious assaults. Just last week, a perp attempted to sexually assault a woman taking the subway at 8:50 p.m. from the City Hall station.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, 23-year-old Bew Jirajariyawetch was beaten, robbed and sexually assaulted at Herald Square, targeted not just for her gender but, possibly, for her Asian race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though the almost entirely male \u201ctransit advocacy\u201d community dismisses such incidents as rare, they\u2019re less rare than they were.\u00a0\u00a0These attacks will nudge other women to take a cab or bike instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-219.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Keechant Sewell speaks at a press conference announcing her as the pick for the New York Police Departments police commissioner on December 15, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20547458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-219.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-219.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Keechant-Sewell-219.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Keechant Sewell speaks at a press conference announcing her as the pick for the New York Police Departments police commissioner on December 15, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Men aren\u2019t safe, either. One man had his spine broken in a subway pushing this month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>January through November, total violent felonies on the transit system were up 10 percent compared to pre-COVID 2019. Adjusting for far lower ridership, that means each individual rider is at much higher risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s <em>not<\/em> rising? Police enforcement. Arrests in the transit system are down 43 percent this year from 2019, and fare-beating arrests are down 68 percent. Civil summonses are down 16 percent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nyc-subway-220.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The MTA will offer similar bulk discounts on Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.\" class=\"wp-image-20547465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nyc-subway-220.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nyc-subway-220.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nyc-subway-220.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The MTA will offer similar bulk discounts on Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s important: The suspect who attacked Jirajariyawetch jumped the turnstile. If police had stopped him when he stole the fare, they would have prevented a bigger crime.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain and again,\u201d Lieber said last week, the MTA has asked Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s NYPD for more help. Let\u2019s hope Mayor-elect Eric Adams and Sewell will be more responsive. \u201cPublic transit is good for them,\u201d says MTA chief customer officer Sarah Meyer of MTA customers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, and good for the city\u2019s recovery \u2014 but too many people don\u2019t think so.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicole Gelinas is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute\u2019s City Journal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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