Consider it a form of low energy reparations and carry on with your day.

I don't support fare evasion and am a fellow annoyed, paying rider, but like most public transit systems very little of the operating expenses come from fares (~17%). While there are certainly reasons to enforce, closing a budget gap isn't one of them. In fact, some cities have actually saved money by eliminating fares especially on buses.

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I'm never sure if the people who attempt to use this reasoning are just trolling or if they can't/refuse to see the big picture.

If everyone jumps the fare, metro has a revenue shortfall which could result in among other things: service cutbacks, fewer employees to perform maintenance, safety checks, etc...

So yeah, it harms all of us when some people decide they don't need to pay for a service that depends on our revenue to function properly.

And the Luxembourg metro is quite good.

It is what it is. If you feel like a sucker don’t pay. Not worth caring about.

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Guess it depends how much your personal dignity is worth to you.

so move?

All of y’all defending fare evaders are corny af

Luxembourg would disagree.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51657085.amp

Also, Germany is planning a low cost (€49 a month) nation wide train service system.

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We got lots of 3rd world behavior in this 1st world city.

Shit should be free anyway. Don’t be a spiteful square. I always pay but i root for people when they evade fairs.

The only real solution is making the toll booths essentially impossible to physically jump or sneak through. They exist but are expensive to install, which would be paid back with collecting revenue from the jumpers

The fuck are these comments with people promoting fare evasion. How hard can it be to carry a card and pay $3.50 to travel across the city? Low class and just plain shitty citizens.

Are you really driving on the beltway if you’re not doing 75+ in the left lane and cutting across four lanes to your exit 1/10 of a mile before the off ramp?

Most minor rules are effectively on the honor system. Whether it’s free or not with depends on your personal ethics. I don’t like it either.

it’s no different than shoplifting. The people who follow the rules pay for the people who don’t.

But they could do periodic crackdowns. Just often and randomly enough that there a nonzero chance you’re spending the night in jail for it.

This ain’t rocket science. They need turnstyles that people can’t jump. Not sure how places like NYC figured this out in the 80s and Metro is still confused by it.

The solution here is higher fare gates that are harder to jump over, like the ones they have in Paris. But that costs $$ to install, and metro is broke

That's not really true... Bistro Anacosia, black salt and et voila are great high end options. And there's a bunch of other more reasonable options as well...

The Washington Science Fiction Association is sort of a sci-fi/fantasy book club. They meet in members homes in the DMV twice per month. It might not be exactly what you're looking for, as I don't think they schedule individual books to discuss, but it is where fans and writers gather to discuss recent books in the genres. They also run a yearly convention, but I haven't been to one since the Disclave where they literally destroyed several floors of a hotel.

http://wsfa.org/site/

They should do some sort of incentive program for those who pay…after x number of taps, you get entered to win a gift card or some sh**.

But it's not and none of the best metro systems in the world are free

Nice, I’ll have to check out. I haven’t loved their coffee but the pastries are great