MTAs costly fare-evader study: Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2024

The only way to stop fare beating is enforcement.Without rules, you have anarchy (“Fare-ly stupid,” Dec.

14).One way for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to increase ridership is to provide people with something to show for the constant price increases — safer, cleaner and on-time services.There will be no need to bike, or in some cases use a car.Hence, no need for congestion pricing.Right now, bikes give some commuters a safer way to travel.

Improve the system, and they will come back.Second, let’s stop lining the pockets of MTA executives.You should only get a raise for a job well done, which doesn’t seem to be the case at the moment.

If ridership goes up, your salary goes up — it’s that simple.Maria MusolinoStaten IslandSpending money to study why riders jump turnstiles is another example of the insanity swirling inside the MTA.We need to send this agency to the Department of Government Efficiency.They could trim the MTA’s fat while remodeling it into a self-sustainable entity.Donathan SalkalnManhattanReduce the fare and the fare beaters who do it for sport or for the challenge may not find it as rewarding to save $1 instead of $2.90.For those who are fiscally challenged, a $1 fare would also be more affordable.Myron RushetzkyWoodsideDuring the Lindsay administration, officers were put on overtime riding the cars.

NYPD was tasked with providing an officer at the elevated stations.The token clerks felt secure and were happy to see the officers, as were the riders.Daily take at the booths increased.Crime and quality-of-life infractions reduced.

The problem was fixed then, and it can be fixed again.Billy RathBrick, NJCongratulations to The Post on uncovering the MTA’s harebrained scheme, led by hustler CEO Janno Lieber, to waste a cool $1 million of the taxpayers’ money for a study on why people evade the subway fare.Just go to the 59th St.- Lexington Ave.station in Manhattan at 3 p.m.

any weekday.You’ll be run over by fare beat...