{"id":444101,"date":"2022-05-09T00:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T21:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mta-bus-drivers-can-no-longer-open-back-doors-due-to-fare-evasion\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T00:32:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T21:32:58","slug":"mta-bus-drivers-can-no-longer-open-back-doors-due-to-fare-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mta-bus-drivers-can-no-longer-open-back-doors-due-to-fare-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"#MTA bus drivers can no longer open back doors due to fare evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbf0d83be7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mta-bus-drivers-can-no-longer-open-back-doors-due-to-fare-evasion\/#%E2%80%9CMTA_bus_drivers_can_no_longer_open_back_doors_due_to_fare_evasion%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;MTA bus drivers can no longer open back doors due to fare evasion&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMTA_bus_drivers_can_no_longer_open_back_doors_due_to_fare_evasion%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;MTA bus drivers can no longer open back doors due to fare evasion&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The MTA is ordering its bus drivers not to automatically\u00a0open their vehicles\u2019 rear and center doors for customers \u2014 to try to thwart free-loading scofflaws, The Post has learned. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely, to deter fare evasion,\u201d agency drivers cannot \u201cuse the rear door toggle switch to\u00a0open the rear\/center automatically, unless it is necessary due to an emergency situation,\u201d says a May 6 memo sent to all MTA bus operators.<\/p>\n<p>The new directive will ideally force potential fare beaters to enter through the front doors of the bus \u2014 and be confronted by the driver if they don\u2019t pay. <\/p>\n<p>It also means bus riders will have to manually activate the rear and center doors themselves if they want to exit through them. <\/p>\n<p>The back and center doors on the MTA\u2019s express \u201cSelect Bus Service\u201d routes will continue to open automatically at all stops, the memo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe policy is intended to continue to offer customers easy exits while deterring fare evasion by reducing the time that rear doors are open while no one is exiting on local bus routes,\u201d MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said in a statement to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>MTA CEO Janno Lieber last month pledged to tackle\u00a0soaring subway crime\u00a0partly by setting up a review panel to figure out how to curb fare evasion, which has jumped on both buses and subways during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/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\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"People enter the back door of a city bus.\" class=\"wp-image-22187637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The MTA told its drivers not to \u201cuse the rear door toggle switch to open the rear\/center automatically, unless it is necessary due to an emergency situation.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly 30 percent of city bus riders aren\u2019t paying their way, according to the MTA\u2019s\u00a0latest fare-evasion survey \u2014 up from just over 20 percent at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>But J.P. Patafio, vice president for Transport Workers Local 100\u2019s Brooklyn bus division, called the memo \u201csilly\u201d because drivers rarely open bus back doors themselves, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>He said he hoped the implication would not be that bus operators should haggle for fares, which has led to driver assaults in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf somebody is coming\u00a0through the back door, it\u2019s usually because there\u2019s a lot of people getting off the bus,\u201d he said. \u201cThe bus driver\u2019s job is already very difficult, and we already know that enforcing\u00a0fares leads to assault and fights on the bus.\u201d<\/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\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"MTA bus driver Denise Watkins prepares to set off on her route while wearing personal protective equipment as it operates without fees, Friday, April 24, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. \" class=\"wp-image-22187650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mta_bus_fare_evasion7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to the MTA\u2019s latest fare-evasion survey, nearly 30 percent of city bus riders aren\u2019t paying their way.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Minchillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MTA\u2019s new directive defies its long-term goal of implementing all-door entry and fare collection on all its buses. OMNY tap-and-go card-payment readers have been installed on all buses but are currently only turned on for Select Bus routes.<\/p>\n<p>Lieber last month told reporters it was too soon to turn on the rear-door OMNY readers because the vast majority of bus riders still pay with MetroCards or cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we only have somewhere between 10 and 15 percent OMNY penetration on the buses,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t really be fair to try to manage rear-door bus boarding and limit it to OMNY customers.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/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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