Video: 'Fare evaders' continue to jump as WMATA installs new gates in Pentagon City

[@RonWolfHowl]

I just saw someone do it literally within 6 inches of a WMATA employee. People who do this aren’t confused, they think they have the right to do it.

[@teo2975]

why is the term fare evaders in quotation marks?? fare evasion is not some abstract or undefined thing

[@nexusyang4832]

Thieves.

[@RonWolfHowl]

Oh, and it’s even worse on the buses. People even enter from the back of the bus so the driver can’t see. Shouldn’t that factor into their profit loss figure?

[@tonyablount6332]

I agree everybody should pay if u can’t then walk .

[@natejohnson5767]

A day will come when you can’t afford and we’ll see how far you’re willing to walk or maybe identity theft caused you to lose everything an now you just walk several miles every day

[@santoshNarayana]

@@natejohnson5767 There was a time I was poor (2011-2012), I got out my rusty old bicycle and biked to where I needed to go, instead of being dishonest and and skip out on the metro fare just because I couldn't afford it, I got mad quad muscles from biking so much during those 1.5 years. People just need to take more responsibility and be more honest, and be held to account more.

[@natejohnson5767]

@@santoshNarayana some people actually go to the station managers an ask if they can let them through because they don’t have any money an needed to use the train to get to a job interview, to get to a food bank, to get to a homeless shelter, to get to a new job, to get a free meal they needed an etc. but some station managers say no just like you would probably because you forgot that time you were broke and was fortunate to have a rusty bike unlike others who weren’t as fortunate as you to even have a bike to travel. Never forget your circumstances isn’t the same as others even if you think being broke is being dishonest.

[@santoshNarayana]

@@natejohnson5767 You are missing the point which is being broke is no excuse to be dishonest, if a station manager will let you through that's great, if not then think of other ways to get to where you need to go, sure I had a bicycle, but it wasn't easy getting to where I needed to go, car pooling and hitch hiking are some other options I used to get where I needed to go somewhere really far. Either way jumping the fare gate is completely dishonest and those who do it should be caught and punished, and no I haven forgotten what it's like to be poor I was just raised to never be dishonest and pay for any service used , and to not use a service if you cant pay, some people dont seem to have such morals.

[@TracySmith-c2t]

All this talk about broke and I’ll bet you most of the evaders are buying weed and iPhones.

[@TmanTV3]

Seen it right in front of me before. Its a shame. People who evade the system only make it more expensive for everyone else. Costs as little as $2 to $5 take the metro multiple stops into DC. Less than a starbucks coffee. No excuse. Its a great service that everyone should rightly pay to use so we can keep it around.

[@RAGINGMACHOMANX]

Of course there's an excuse. The fare will go up anyway so stop blaming fare evaders. MTA should focus on improving the service if they expect people to pay .. Double standards I see.

[@pariss897]

I see it all the time the cops will be standing right there talking amongst themselves while the gate slam is going off and will do nothing easy money for them I guess

[@Nile7700]

But at the same time they have to have preventative measures for the crime on the trains as well. Because it’s like people are paying to get attacked assaulted and sometimes killed to ride these trains.

[@chonmonlon2728]

"If you build it... ...kniggas will find a way to tear it up" 😏

[@chonmonlon2728]

@@Markjenson1894 my kind? And for the record, that is how they are ALREADY known.

[@jefeaa9165]

0:12 that jump 😂

[@Markjenson1894]

Yeah I know.....what an asshole...smh

[@LVTR-kr3rz]

A typical a $ $ h @ l e

[@MichelleNghi]

Just pay the fare it's that simple

[@beykmeakeykdc8683]

@beykmeakeykdc8683 0 seconds ago It's called theft. 🙄 I've never seen it as bad and as frequent as it nowadays.

[@RAGINGMACHOMANX]

No its not

[@Theredrose06]

Lol, people are going to find a way regardless. Maybe focus on the conditions of the stations themselves? Fort Totten is disgusting, more than one train derailment in a year is scary, and multiple station elevators are out of service♿️?????

[@santoshNarayana]

and that's an excuse to jump the fare gate?

[@lojosol]

Half the reason that the stations are in disrepair and will remain in disrepair is fare jumping. fare jumping means less revenue collected by WMATA which equals less money to improve the infrastructure. Simple

[@RAGINGMACHOMANX]

absolutely. @@santoshNarayana

[@williammurray1341]

There are reasons why some stereotypes never die

[@RAGINGMACHOMANX]

Make fare evading great again

[@Markjenson1894]

So are the same losers who fare evade the same losers who vote for Trump?

[@GSU_Panther_Nation]

This type of fare evasion is not new, as there were already numerous fare evaders at several of the MTA Subway stations in New York City

[@chonmonlon2728]

Lol so even these new gates don't stop fare evaders.

[@Flassh81]

Flat fee. No more distance based fare. Do like NYC. Having to swipe out is stupid.

[@meetmeinva]

So did this get worse after the pandemic? I grew up in the area and I don’t remember fare evasion being an issue in the 80s and 90s. Have values and morals really sunk to a new low? Or was it fare evasion always a thing?

[@EMILIO-rr4jd]

Public transportation shouldn't be as costly as it is. A metro pass costs over a thousands dollars a year. That's insane! And ya'll wanna blame the public for not bending to an obvious price gouge? Bootlickers.

[@thegreypenguin5097]

$1000 for a year of transport is a STEAL! a car can easily cost more than that in a month or two!

[@teo2975]

So you making the majority of riders who pay, pay more because you are stealing from them, is ok. thanks for the criminals' perspective.

[@King-kw1mo]

$185 a month $6 dollars a day… How much would you spend on gas going 2 ways or a Uber?? If you don’t like metro get a bike

[@jaredlowe3927]

It would be price gouging if it was profitable…

[@millerwilliams8S]

People want to complain and don’t pay but you get what you pay for 🤷🏽

[@Fried_Rice_Ren]

$40 million a year! Its time to start treating these $hit birds like bank robbers!

[@lojosol]

Glad that WMATA is trying to crack down on fare / gate jumpers

[@truthlemonade9793]

Yeah, but not a lot can be done for fare evaders on the buses.

[@meirstambler3032]

Why not?

[@truthlemonade9793]

@@meirstambler3032 A similar gate on a bus would slow things down too much and would be really cumbersome.

[@MrAussiefisher]

Enforce the laws. Blame dc and local government for decriminalization of crimes

[@kPc1x3]

if they lease the gates to private then it would be protected by different law. if they don't pay, it'll be trespassing then it wont be a ticket. itll be prison time.

[@dagameplayer]

maybe they should put a wall there and have a guard standing there collecting tickets like amtrak.

[@antillc7085]

Look what kind of ppl jump the gate, no diversity. if you say ur lives matter, stop doing something that other stereotyping you

[@weronite]

Defund the metro!

[@willismartin9196]

Waste of 💰

[@robertputnam6324]

Thase gates will not stop them

[@edwardd.taormina1509]

Did anyone else notice the tall black male with what appeared to be a badge on a hat on his head. So tall in fact, he was able to step right over the old gate.

[@denisedean2446]

So what?! Its reparations for 300+ years of free labor for enslaved Blacks. How is 2.70 hurting your pockets?!

[@Markjenson1894]

​@denisedean2446 it hurts our pockets for when WMATA has to hike the fare at our expense to make up for the revenue shortfall caused by all the degenerates that jump over the gate.

[@trublacking8572]

Do you come up with better services so people can actually afford do you realize how much Metro is it is expensive I'm trying to do the unlimited monthly pass they want $185 a month for the past I want to use for one month not for a year 1 month that's too expensive $2200 a year no

[@teo2975]

Really that is your excuse for stealing a hundred millions dollars from the vast majority of riders who do pay? Carjacking is ok because cars are expensive? Thanks for the criminals' and looters' perspective.

[@King-kw1mo]

That comes out to $6 a day which is less then gas money 2 ways …and wayyy cheaper than a Uber 2 ways 😭😭😭

[@trublacking8572]

@@teo2975 you said excuse but okay I didn't my point is if don't make fair for the people as well what do you expect

[@trublacking8572]

@@King-kw1mo that depends on job you have just in case you have not noticed cost everything has gone up I'm not tax bracket more about minimum wage people the one make a good living

[@madiesmelody4733]

@@teo2975just admit you don’t like poor people and move on. No one is stealing, you’re voluntarily paying for yourself. Which is good for you. Be happy you have the means to do that and simply kind your business. Maybe it’ll take you falling flat on your face financially to have some compassion. Everyone jumping isn’t malicious. There are children, students, people who have lost their jobs, their families, people who are living paycheck to paycheck just to get by. You’re not the only one who’s affected by the fares

[@kimberlyjohnson1599]

Metro is way too expensive. It’s $4 to ride 5 stops. I understand why people hop the gates. It needs to be cheaper. It’s $40 a week for me just to get to work, not including errands, medical appointments, etc… I make ok $$ & have no kids and I can barely afford it

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

It's not the fares that explains evasion. People evade on the weekend when it's a flat $2 fare. I've even seen, with my own eyes, Airpod wearers do it

[@Markjenson1894]

​@@CaradhrasAiguo49Agreed. It's not just the people who can't afford it. It's all those entitled losers that are proud to steal from the public and place the burden on the non-losers who pay their own way.

[@TracySmith-c2t]

You’ve got to learn to hustle baby. Take on a second or third job or something.

[@RAGINGMACHOMANX]

Wrong mentality@@TracySmith-c2t

[@wavn1557]

1:28 🤓

[@tpp4007]

Back in the day, I use to pay $1.75 to go to DC from greenbelt station. I don’t even want to know how much it is now. I’ll jump the damn gate if it’s $10

[@King-kw1mo]

Probably around $7

[@madiesmelody4733]

An entire week can cost me up to 38$ a week if I JUST ride to work and back. I’m a college student who’s working as well in order to pay rent because my school didn’t have housing. I can’t afford a weekly metro, just like I’m struggling to eat and to be stable. It’s not right. It feels like people really just hate people who don’t have the means to live as opulently as they do. It breaks my heart

[@Alex-ky4cd]

​@@madiesmelody4733your school doesn't have u-pass?

[@AshwinRamdin]

​@@madiesmelody4733Don't you understand economics? Running trains cost money. It is not charity.

[@madiesmelody4733]

@@AshwinRamdin I do. Do you understand not being a dense bootlicking asshead? You can pretend that things are fair and totally non-discriminatory all you want, but at the end of the day we all know transportation is a need, and it has been purposefully been made inaccessible to people who are struggling or who have a lower income.

[@mikepsych283]

Ahh tax dollars at work

[@LVTR-kr3rz]

What if Mr. Greg Abbott is our state governor?

[@madiesmelody4733]

Quickly. How do you expect young citizens who simply need to get to school to pay? You think they have a thousand dollars per year to spend? Somehow you can afford to install gates and hire more security but you can’t afford to make the metro more accessible? And to the people saying just walk or ride a bike, get off your high horse. Everyone can’t walk from Virginia to Maryland, who’s about to bike 2-5 miles to work and back. What about the people who are struggling and looking for a job so they can eventually pay? Just say you don’t believe in a public transportation system that’s accessible to all. Just say you don’t like poor people. Just admit you don’t care about fare evasion, you care that you’re paying and only that you’re paying. If you really cared, you’d offer metro cards to the less fortunate. You’d set up funds and opportunities for people to be able to get cards to ride the metro. You don’t care about fare evasion, you don’t like poor people having the same access to a system you pay for, for free. You really should be mad at your officials, why haven’t they just made the fare zero? It’s not like they don’t tax us incessantly already, it’s not like the city can’t afford to put money towards the supposed debt that the jumpers are causing-even though you can logically see that the majority of jumpers aren’t actually greatly nor directly impacting the amount of money the city has coming in anyways.

[@madiesmelody4733]

@@reality-winner5759 it’s not stealing.

[@madiesmelody4733]

@@reality-winner5759 you’re just not a good reader

[@madiesmelody4733]

@@reality-winner5759 I already have. There’s no passage about making transportation inaccessible to the needy or poor. In fact, I’m sure the honorable figures in the book would detest the fact that you support that.

[@madiesmelody4733]

@@reality-winner5759 wrong again 🫶🏿

[@chonmonlon2728]

If you can't afford kids, don't have them.