BART Cracks Down On Fare-Evaders
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- In just a little more than an hour Friday, BART police caught one person after another cheating the system and KPIX 5's Maria Medina was there to find out why they thought they could get away with it. (8-31-17)
“The free ride is over people who want to cheat the system”. Ironically, the government is exempted from paying the fare.
@Steven Stotch ....the government is exempted from paying WHAT fare???
@@CoopyKat that's not fare or pay your fare share or fare enough
the free ride was just beginning, and wow has it snowballed to all hell
Just a childish retort. We’re talking about people who don’t pay subway fare not government corruption.
If the one-way fare is almost $10, and the fine for fare evasion is only $50, fare evasion already paid for itself after the first week.
🤬man them tickets went Sky 🚀 high during the pandemic 🤬
except this has been going on for years before they really started cracking down and fining people. Even now people aren't even paying the fines and nothing's being done about it because we are handling crime, yes this is crime and those are criminals, so poorly.
It went from $50 to $400 Citation Ticket 🤦🏻♂️
I HAVE A STORY:
They evade the fare. They get caught by police. The police asks why they didn't pay. They evader says they can't afford it. The police then gives a $400 fine. The evader now can't afford to pay the fine because he or she has to pay rent. The evader now has a warrant for arrest. The evader is arrested and held in jail. The evader now see the judge. The judge now gives him or her jail time. The jail times passes. The evader goes back to his or her house. The evader sees a lock on his house. The evader goes to get it off. The evader is told he's been evicted for not paying his rent. The evader explains he was in jail for 4 months. The landlord says he can't rent the house to him again because his credit score went down. Now the evader is forced to live in a motel. The evader pays for a week in a motel. The evader wakes up the next day and goes to work. The evader's work manager tells them he or she is fired. The evader explain the situation to his or her manager. The manager wants to help but can't because of company policy. The evader now has no job. The evader returns to his motel room and uses his phone to apply for another job. A few days later the evader is receiving calls back but they're not giving him or her a job because of his or her jail time. The evader's week is over at the motel now he or she has to leave. The evader is now homeless. He or she continues to look for work but still being turned down. The evader's phone is now turned off. Now he or she can't call or receive any calls. Now the evader has no contact, no money, no food, no water and no home. The evader now is on the streets begging for money. The evader is told by police he or she can't do that. The evader now can't do anything. The winter comes and it is below zero. The evader now froze to death. The evader now is dead.
THE END
Point being: The system is designed so people are forced to break the law just to survive. The law is made so the rich stay rich, and the poor stay poor. That's the world we live in. And it all sucks! 😢
@Firelight157 Yes it is that simple! However time for another story!
Just ride a bike or walk
And don’t steal
Don’t steal or break the law. Simple as that.
It's a $50 ticket not $400
Oh well. There are consequences for actions. Just as I risk a $200 ticket when I speed on the freeway, you risk a fine, and more consequences, when you jump the fare. If you can't handle the consequences, don't do the crime. It's really that simple.
Just design the entries so you can't get in without paying.
There are coin-operated doors.
Guessing you didn't watch the whole thing.
Just hire cops. It's cheaper
They did and they failed.
London is a prime example it’s easy.
Way back in the early 80's when I was a teenager, my friend and I jumped the barrier and the Bart Cops chased us. When we got to the street, we crouched and hid behind parked cars. I never did it again after that ha ha.
Good for you
@@victorm6176 ok glib
"can i ask u to erase tht shit?" 😂😂😂
Kpix: no.
$2 fare my ass. a one way trip from Daly City BART to SFO (5 stops) is $8.75
Well, for one they should install chest high faregates, barriers, and emergency doors. Along with locking said emergency door, it shouldn't be open in the first place
a locked emergency exit a lot of good that would be in an emergency try alarming it so when it is used its clear to staff
Emergency door should be alarmed-you can’t lock an emergency exit-that would be a fire code/penalty for Bart. If there was an emergency and ppl couldn’t run out due to a locked door = lawsuits.
In the UK fare evasion is virtually impossible. We have staff monitoring barriers at stations, ticket inspectors on trains, random stops in stations and sometimes police watching people go through barriers at stations waiting to catch people without tickets. Paying a fare here looks optional!
Dont get me started on NYC - it's a lot worse there, it's anarchy and lawlessness
The reports should ask the fare evaders "Since you don't want to pay your fare, when you're on a date, do you make HER pay?"
Dumbest analogy ever from an entitled female.
Living In Los Angeles for nearly 35 years,I've seen this all too often.On the Metro Los Angeles buses,I see people with food and drinks with them and they claim that they can't pay the $1.75 and I think to myself "Wow! That Coke/other drinks would have paid the fare."
Who even cares lol. Why does it bother you
@@jayo9750i agree.. WHO CARES.
Cope
Shame no one is cracking down on wealthy tax dodgers,
The IRS only goes after people who can't fight back. The wealthy pay the right people to keep there lions share.
What does that have to do with this topic?
@@larrydanadavid2435 you must be a republican, fare evaders = fair game , wealthy tax dodgers = What's the problem
@@paulschmidtke425 You’re a whiner. Stop evading personal responsibility.
@@larrydanadavid2435 exactly what needs to said to the tax dodgers
1:21 had me dead! 😂💀
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
I can't understand what he said
@@Stevie66ful "Can I ask you to erase that shit?"
You'd be pissed too if you were getting a ticket
@@LobsterRoc maybe pay your fare and then you won't have to worry about things like fines, arrest, having your face on TV, etc.,
$50 ticket? I'm gonna start evading. Everytime I go to SF my fair is $21.90, I just gotta get away with it twice and I am freerolling.
Oak Airport to Montgomery Station. $10.95 each way.
With the cost of living crisis, cities need to drastically reduce there transit fares!!
Interesting how they guy thinks he should now pay the fare because "they're watching".
How about you pay because the system doesn't owe you a free ride.
Shut up Karen
People are just narcissists and they feel entitled
Even worse at the DC Metro. You can be at any Metro station and literally see a gate jumper every 5-10 seconds. Right in front of security and station managers too and no one does a damn thing about it. Metro is losing $40 million per year to fare evasion alone.
Not for nothing I know it's wrong but shit I had so much fun jumping the turnstile as a kid..
How about you lower the costs.
I'm sure if they went from $4.20 to $3.75 all these people would suddenly start finding it in their hearts to pay. In NYC, fare evasion costs the MTA 200 million dollars a year. Money stolen from every single person who relies on these public transportation system.
They raise the prices because so many people avoid the fares that they’re losing thousands of dollars every day and that forces them to increase the prices
@@carly12147 Exactly this.
Broke ass
If you can't afford current BART fares then you need to rethink your life choices.
In my country they gave train guards the powers to stop, search and arrest people.
Since then we have only 0.2% fare evaders. 99.8% pay their fees
What? No money for the bus? Tough shit. Not my problem.
Bart has more problems than "Fare Evaders". The stations are dated, homelessness, panhandling, drunks, drug dealers, muggers, car thieves, teens with no shame or guilt committing crimes for quick cash. I think BART needs to be proactive assigning more visible security monitors to patrol every station that has a zealous for public safety (example: Darren Long kick a** mall cop). Parking garages parking lots need to be more monitored since break ins happen everyday and people are reluctant to report the incident because BART is indifferent and refuse to release surveillance on property crimes.
Germany considers decriminalising fare dodging in public transport
Barriers shouldnt be necessary, fare evaders are the problem in all cities. These people are uncivilized and out of control, no morals or self respect. Look at japans rail system, i can watch countless videos on youtube and not a single fare evader like in america.
Damn after seeing this and reading that the fare works like the Long Island Railroad (NY) then I am kind of a lucky bastard to live in NYC
Simple put a bar over the fare gates like NY and Chicago. someone tries jumping the gate, they smash their head into a bar. Public transit agencies complain they are running out of money yet their 98,000 employees get to ride scott free? Maybe that is the problem. Make the 91000 employees pay full fare. bet the system wouldn't be loosing $25 million a year.
Public transit should be free
No them you will have bums and all types of shit on train
This is amerikkka nothing is free in the land of the slaves you can’t go to the beach or park with out paying for parking and on top of that it’s dirty and if you go to Mexico the beaches are cleaner And it’s free no fees
John Doe this is and always will be Mexico all the way to Texas btw if your white how does it feel to know your not American your white or Caucasian not American
If you can't pay a 2 dollar ticket then just walk. Walking is free.
Lol. No. Stop being a bum instead.
they need a reduced cost program for low income people. Most people taking transit already struggle finanacly hence the reason why they take transit
The good Lord says give to ceaser what belongs to ceaser, but give to God what belongs to God.
Preach that shit brother.... some place else.
Sounds like Ceasar and god are good friends. Everyone wants there cut.
That happen to me before in 2005, and never again get accused by a #BARTPoliceOfficer again. Praying for my safety.
Marcus Arline good to see the system is working then
I’ll pay my fare for a system that’s not getting my money from my tax in the first place
The one person that made me angry was the person going through the handicapped gate......that is just really low. If people don't have enough $$ for fare, there are services they can sign up for to help pay for it.
I can afford it but I'm not paying for horrible service. Delays with warning, delays with no warning, trains showing up 20 minutes late. All lines have horrible service. Either I step over the turnstile or I check the gate to see if it's open. Half the times that gate is open. Too much stopping in between stops, moving too slow. You can pay for that mess if you want too. Hell, if the service was good I'm still not paying. Why pay when I can get a free ride. Cops are usually not in the subway, so why pay. Just open the gate or pull back the turnstile and then step over, simple as that.
that black man was busted raw, lol.
Wolvy Logan, was racism the excuse?
Why say black, everyone evades fares
@@КГБКолДжорджКостанца I agree with you. People of all ages, skin colors, nationalities and both sexes do fare evasion.
He's not saving his money for MUNI...he's gonna evade that too. And to BART...whatever. Fix the free emergency door and maybe you can prevent about half the evaders. I say maybe. Good luck.
Interview the corrupt politicians not citizens who overpay taxes that arent properly used
For the wheel chair gate they should have a laser sensor that locks when a tall person passes it
Systemic and institutional racism is alive and well in Walnut Creek CA.
God is Love.
Bart should step up security systems and hire more officers.
Put bart police in station during rush hours , NO ID get arrested , Don't paid your ticket , get taken out of your bank account , Food stamp or Welfare , count doing it will get your benefit CUT OFF ,
I just realized this video was from 2 years ago. Its 10x worst now and I don't see any security or police stopping it.
Lmao why is someone else watching this rn
This is what majority of SFPD rather do on a day to day basis rather than catching drug dealers and or any other sort of violence happening in the city, and there is always something violent going on in the city.
They aren't paying their fares, but does it really matter considering San Francisco taxes the hell out of the residents here? There are more important problems in San Francisco. Parking meters, huge salaries that are taxed, ludicrous sales tax, etc. etc. Billionaires own the city, soon the parks will cost money to go to. The Elites not only want to steal money from you, they want to dictate what you do. San Francisco is not in California, it's its own country and it is run by tyrants.
Mike Lopez YES!
Drug Dealing is okay in SF. Where have you been?
Haven't you heard? SF does not prosecute drug dealers anymore!
@@leesonstream5532 Lawlessness is going way out of hand in California.
The sense of entitlement is sick
How about better ticket machine gates that lock in place until they pay the fare and have it taller so the rider doesnt fare cheat.
It’s tolerated here in London UK due to the lack of staff and crap ticket gates that will open if pushed, loosing millions of pounds a year in lost revenue on the London Underground. Only way to stop this here in London, was employ more Revenue Protection staff at stations, and redesign the gates.
Only $50 ticket? It should be higher to deter people 🤷🏿
Nah should be a literal slap on the head
no security guards? hire one
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Can I ask you why you didn't pay your fare?
No.
Why didn't you pay your fare?
"If you see da police, warn a brother."
Facts my good man
That light rail is worthless Tax payers paid for that contraption and they raise bus fare the have a lot of nerve
Why is it taking very long to fix the system, and the spokesperson said it is done on cheating. I will believe it when you see it. A lot of of talk, but little action.
Here in Montreal the fine is $225
How about better turn styles and lower the fares? In Chicago you can get an unlimited fare pass for a reasonable amount.
I dont pay the fare too.hahaha. I just swing around it everytime for almost 15 yrs
Very simple place a loud alarm and lights on the emergency door
Emergency doors should be unlocked at all times, but I'm sure they can be made to open only one way.
I'm from NYC and the subways everywhere are also really easy to evade but not bart easy. Like the turnstiles are around toddler height and I see people jump it everyday lmao
Most of the people ticketed for fare evasion are leaving the bart system
Part of me wonders what the overall revenue intake is for BART, vs the total amount of revenue lost to fare evaders, as well as the total costs incurred to attempt to catch these fare evaders. I'm wondering whether in the long run the BART system would be better off not bothering with charging fares, if the finances of all of these factors caused the system to actually lose money by charging fares when those other f actors are, well, factored into the overall equation. (Sorry for the run-on sentence.)
There is a video on just that matter here on TH-cam, Right now there has been discussions about shutting bart down because the lack of running revenue.
It is cheaper to pay the fare to ride than it is to pay the fine for fare evasion. That is stealing a ride.
That black guy was funny. Can I ask you to delete that shit.
Why not make it a 1000$ ticket
If you're caught not paying you have bigger problems in your life. Normal rational people don't evade tolls. We're talking about bottom of the barrel citizens who have no regard not just for the fare but most likely for everything else in their lives. So I can see why catching these charlatans leads to arrests for other things going on in their pathetic lives.
i run away lol they wont catch me!
Just pay it, people. The ticket is a billion times worse.
for everyone that got a ticket good.. imagine how many times they used bart for free,,,,,,,,
Hey brother....thanks again for those of us that follow the rules....your videos really make it up for us. Thank You
Can I ask to erase that shit? Video Editor says "Thank you"
Why is it always brown or black?
and then shit stains like you make it a racial thing when it is not. Go to Oakland sometime it is mostly a brown and black community anymore. so that maybe the reason.
make it a 500 fine
move elevators? there is a much easier fix. also, this new get tough philosophy sure didn’t last long.
😂😂😂
Can you erase that?
Uh, no
Where Bart police tho
Why didn't BART think of ways to eliminate fare cheating from the very beginning? Were they so in a rush that they didn't have their thinking caps on?
We had a different class of people back then.
They were hard working. Not the freeloaders we have now. Thank a Democrat for that.
@@831BeachBum except this video was posted 5 years ago when a republican was in office…..🤔🤔🤔🤔
Well american public transport not only sucks but is also overpriced as fk.
Please, make America great again.
Maria Medina lookin NIIICE!!!
I was at the 19th Ave Station in Oakland a few years ago. As I approached the fare gate I watched a young woman hop the gate in front of me and the Station Agent was talking with a woman and child possibly his family. Didn't even care.
Station Agents are told not to say anything to fare evaders. It's like a store clerk going after thieves. It's not their job. Many Agent assaults happen due to breaking that protocol. They are also reprimanded if caught or if the fare evader files a complaint.🤷🏽♀️
If one commits murder pay your Bart fare
Stupid design of the fair evasion they need to build big gate doors to stop people entering without paying the ticket cheap doors 🤦🏻👎🏻
One culprit is the at stations with the handicap elevators outside the paid area with one fair gate for your ticket/pass and people are always boarding the elevators without paying. What genius thought that was a good idea?
They’re not sneaky enough 🤦♂️
I think the reporter was reporting on a story
They need to crack down in new york city its out of control there especially on the bus also
Pay be honest it fill good when you Pay ...is not easy but is important. To pay
The ones who didn’t like are the citation write ups
It's not qustion of small amount of money, it's question of class , too bad trash people don't have it, not to mention everyone repress himself with his conduct and behavior.....
Bart police can make an arrest anywhere in the city that they are stationed at bart
Well maybe Bart should stop charging people ridiculous prices to go from East Bay to peninsula. I take Bart 10 times a week and and I'll evade the toll maybe once during that timeframe.
Because the BART tickets are so fucking expensive?
He gonna save 2 dollars for the bus but that’s cap he ain’t gonna pay for the bus either
I'm surprised no one was shot
This is San Francisco. Why obey the law???
Why did you rob the bank?:"I didn have enuf money."
In Chicago we dnt have that issue. Gates and bars help.
I live in Chicago and I've seen dudes with long arms reach over the handicapped-accessible gate and push the green button to let themselves in. It's even more of a problem on the buses. Dudes will board then plead for the driver to let them ride for free, and the drivers don't care, they'll just let them on.
They should add a door or a face camera in front of the door
that reporter is smokin
Bart is already paid by taxes
2$ are you kidding these people have to spend their money wiser if they can't afford that..
That's expensive man but I would never skip