Honor system fails * USA - Express bus taken for a ride
Honor system fails miserably when no one checks Bx12 ticket
Bronx,NY,USA -NY Daily News, by Mike Jaccarino -May 19, 2009: -- The Bx12 may be fast, but its prepay ticket honor system lets unscrupulous riders pull a fast one on the MTA... Fare-beaters are running rampant over the honor system that governs Bx12 Select Bus Service buses in the Bronx - at the very time the cash-strapped MTA needs the money most... Bronx Boro News counted five farebeaters within one hour on a recent day, 23 more in a half-hour another day, and 15 more within an hour another day, all at the Williamsbridge Road stop on Pelham Parkway... The Bx12 express buses, marked by flashing blue lights, allow riders, before boarding, to buy tickets from either a MetroCard or coin-operated terminal, the idea being to make the bus ride quicker... The MTA is supposed to have cops and members of its Transit Department of Security riding to check for tickets... (Photo by Harbus/NY Daily News)Labels: passengers without tickets
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