{"id":3086,"date":"2009-10-08T23:45:39","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T06:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2009-10-10T00:49:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T07:49:57","slug":"freaking-muni-fare-evaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/08\/freaking-muni-fare-evaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Freaking Muni Fare Evaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was exiting the rear door of the bus on my way home, 3 or 4 people got on the bus through the back door. There’s big signs saying that you’re not allowed to do that so I looked into it.<\/p>\n

Yup, fare evading is crazy rampant. This article<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

A study conducted in 2004 and 2005 by the Municipal Transportation Agency and released last year found that between 54 and 73 percent of riders at three subway stations didn’t pay a fare or show a pass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WHAT? Roughly 60% of riders are freeloaders?!?!?!?! You are kidding, right?<\/p>\n

Oh my. Read this<\/a> from January 2009:<\/p>\n

In the past two years, Muni has more than doubled its staff of fare inspectors, to 49
\n…
\nThe investigation helped kick-start reforms to Muni\u2019s fare enforcement, which helped the agency collect $35,000 in fare-evasion tickets from July through September [2008 I believe]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That sounds good until you do the math. A first time offender pays a $50 fine<\/a>. Liberally assuming that every one of the fare evaders was a first time offender, and that a pathetic 50% of ticketed people actually pay, that means Muni issued 35,000 \/ $50 \/ 50% = 1400 tickets in 90 days.<\/p>\n

Therefore, there are 49 inspectors that issued 1400 tickets in 90 days.<\/p>\n

The entire Muni inspection team \u00a0issued 1400\/90 = 15.6 tickets per day for 90 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

15.6 tickets \/ 49 inspectors = The average inspector issued 0.32 tickets a day over 3 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have GOT to be kidding. On my way home tonight, in 30 minutes, I saw more than 10 people walking in the back door of \u00a0a Muni street car and then the #14 bus. Apparently if I were a Muni inspector and I ticketed those folks, I would have just done my job for an entire fricking month.<\/p>\n

This is wrong.<\/p>\n

I am outraged.<\/p>\n

Really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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