NYC Just Abandoned Its Subway… Permanently 

the politicians have destroyed the middle class

My man Cash Jordan documenting the death of the empire.

The fare keeps increasing, but the service keeps getting worse. If they keep increasing the fare to compensate for people evading it, more people are gonna do it.

I tried to pay the fare once. The turnstile said to go, they refused to turn, I was running late, I said screw it and ducked under.

In a functioning society you'd get fined for using an emergency exit when it's not an emergency.

Another L for the law abiding. We are being played for suckers while criminals are worshipped

I can't imagine this happening in Moscow. First, you can't pass through the fair gates while they are closed. They are tall and made of glass. Second, there are the same doors on the way back. Third, why wouldn't you pay? The price is cheap and the service is awesome, you can ride in clean trains from anywhere to anywhere inside the city. America is so bonkers sometimes.

I'm from Germany and i am amazed how Americans managed to mess this up so badly. There are no gates and nothing stopping you from getting onto buses and trains. Very rarely there is a conductor checking the tickets but it happens like once every 100 rides. Yet fare evasion isn't nearly as big an issue here as it seems to be in New York. And i can assure you, this most certainly isn't because Germans are some morally superior people. It's simply because fares are actually affordable for poor people here.

"The Greatest City" in "The Greatest country on Earth" can't run a fucking subway system. Can't tell if it is pathetic or hilarious.

Oh so the City itself doesn't like being robbed but its ok for stores & actually citizens 🙄 😠

In sweden, we have glass gates that are tall and that slide out and in using motors, they are very convinient and automatic. Meanwhile there is no emergancy exit. All gates open by the person in the booth in the case of an emergancy.

Ever since they raised the fare, ain’t nobody paying the fare anymore. Plus back then, it was WAY more cheaper. Back in the day, it used to only be a token😅

The funniest thing I've heard this week is the NYC is going to hire a psychologist to tell them why people don't want to pay the fare.

Escape From New York isn't just a movie anymore, it's a matter of survival.

Fare evasion is due to two things: 1: the service provided is perceived as below the cost to access it (which is rising) 2: people are less able to afford the train while still being completely reliant on it

As soon as a real emergency happens, lawyers and judges will have a field day with this one

15 seconds can be the difference between life and death in a REAL emergency.

I love how while he's literally standing there talking about the ways some people are avoiding fares he catches people on camera avoiding the fares

it's like if people barely have money to get by, the wont pay for things they can get away without paying and instead of trying to make life less expensive, you just punish the people trying to survive

Here in Germany there are people on the train checking everyone if they have bought a valid ticket

The beauty of the 15 second delay, is that anyone running from assault will know that trying to use the EMERGENCY exit will give the criminal a 15 second bonus, allowing the victim to be caught and assaulted.

Guess asylums did come back, just as massive cities this time.

Oh yes adding a time delay to a door that's used in EMERGENCY SITUATIONS... *BRILLIANT*!!!

This channel has genuinely opened my eyes to how quickly America is falling. I have never felt like I’ve taken my Irish home more for granted I just got back from London and it’s clear it has its problems but I was genuinely taken aback at how functional and friendly such a massive city is, in three days I saw nothing out of the ordinary on one of the hottest days of the years

Welcome to NYC, a place where rents are high, crime is rampant, safe public transportation is nonexistent and the people in charge do not care about your wellbeing, enjoy your stay.

"Fact that the city doesn't punish crime whatsoever." Yes, hit the nail on the head. NY voted for people who make these policies and who write those laws.

In Finland we dont even have these kind of fences or gates, we just trust that people buy the ticket before going in. There are just random checks of ticket sometimes by checking people in the metro or tram etc

really good video on a complex topic good job!

If subways were free, you wouldn't have to pay cops to stand around with hands in pockets. Gas companies would also lose money.

The city gave the police, the “ok” to arrest criminals? Think about that.

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, While bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato

In Russia the metro stations use plastic panel "doors" that open sideways. They're impossible to jump over or crawl underneath. It's also easier to open all of them in case of emergency. Implementing such a solution wouldn't solve the emergency door issue but it'd still be better.

when it comes to the city losing money the city does what it can to prevent it but when it comes to store owners losing money from theft they do nothing

Sounds like NY is telling California hold my beer.

Where I'm living there's no physical barrier in the subway, you can enter without a pass or ticket, but sometimes there are subway conductors at the exit. You must show your pass/ticket to exit otherwise you have to pay a fine. Most people have a pass because if you use public transport daily you're likely to get fined for way more than the pass would've cost you. The fine is about 2.5x of a monthly pass.

you sound exactly like nerd city and it fills my quota for watching well informed and structured videos by a guy with a great voice so thankyou

People in third world countries are becoming thankful they don’t have to live in NYC, California, or Chicago.

When you can walk into a store and steal $999 worth of merchandise without consequence, how can you expect people to pay a subway fare when it's so easy? It's funny how the city turns a blind eye to rampant shoplifting but is upset about fare evasion. When it's costing a government agency money, then it's a serious issue.

Calling people who don't pay subway fee criminals is bonkers in my opinion Like Politicians are stealing thousands, if not millions of dollars every year and people who are just trying to get through their day on a public transportation - are the ones who get called criminals? Gee golly, what a world do we live in huh. More money=better person, yeah?

Meanwhile in Vienna...no turnstiles, no physical barriers. Just random controls from transport personnel. Seems to work great, estimated 96.8% ride with a ticket.

Imagine being an administrator in New York City and having no understanding of the accomplishments that were made between the '80s and the late 90s and early 2000s. They are basically starting over on learning how to manage a city.

At this point, they basically are building a jail around paying citizens.

I jump the turnstile 2 times a day. At least 10 years now. I just bought a 2019 Porsche 2 weeks ago. Hahaha 😂🏎️

Dude I go to school in nyc and student cards only have 3 charges so you have to jump it sometimes

When I was a bus driver and people refused to pay. I ignored their request to stop when they rang the bell. It was good if there wasn’t a customer standing at the bus stop the freegan requested. They’d shout at you for ignoring them but the other passengers got a lot of enjoyment watching them getting annoyed. No payment, no right to request a stop.

Welcome to the society that punish victim not crime.

Here in Vienna we don't even have turnstyles. Only random controls at the gates. And still, we have less than 2% fare-evaders systemwide. It works for two reasons: firstly, the fare is very cheap, the yearly ticket costs 1€ per day. Secondly, social pressure: When there's a control, fare-evaders get fined right there and have to go through the humiliating experience of having to pay the fine right there, surrounded by people scoffing at you for being so unresponsible.

Just pay this from an increase of taxes or have no entry gates and have a people in the train to randomly check if people bought tickets

The psychologist hired is probably a friend of the DA or mayor and will be paid about 2.5 million dollars for a report that took around 3 hours to write.

At what point will the cops give up and say, "If the courts aren't going to do their jobs, why are we doing ours? " Which basically will make all non-violent crimes legal. I guess in NYC, the question becomes "but did you die? " when deciding if a crime was committed.

From amsterdam, we have some fare evasion problems, but it's not that big since we have motorised glass entry doors that are hard to force open and we also have the emergency exit problem (ngl) but it happens rarely and the emg exits gets locked, because its not really mandatory since the motorised glass entry and exit doors force open when there is an emergency, so you can walk right through.

It makes me so sad to see my beloved city crumbling like this. Luckily I don't live here anymore, but it is still tragic.

I visited Japan recently and have fully utilized their public transportation system both by subway (regular and bullet) and by bus. I have seen the stark difference of how Japan runs its public transport compared to New York. The efficiency, cleanliness, safety are top notch and no one ever thinks of fare evading. It probably is never thought of that one would definitely stand out if they do so with impunity. There were transport officers, but they mostly served to direct people where to go and provided information when asked. It truly was amazing. It was also absolutely safe to walk in the streets at night, and we did so several times with no fear of being accosted, stabbed or shot. All the convenient stores are open 24/7 and some of their merchandise are actually displayed right outside and no one dares to steal. I don't think I've seen homeless folks too. I wish New York was the same, it would be glorious.

Hire a psychologist to find out why people commit crimes. Psychologist: Because they can.

Idk what is working better in Germany, but it definitely is. There are people coming into the bus/train to check for your ticket. So you could be lucky in 9/10 rides and ride for free but if you get caught, you pay a very high fine, which makes it not worth it anymore. Also it's not the city/police that have to check the tickets, but the company itself (or a security company employed by them)

LMAO "...so they're gonna hire a psychologist to figure it out."

It seems like the only place that New Yorkers will hold the door for each other.

Millionaires that have never taken the train are making rules for the rest of us that do 😂

Meanwhile Germany has no fare gates. And less of a problem with fare evaders. Why? Spontaneous checks in trains.

I like how people who don't use the service or can afford airfare without thinking how it'll affect their ability to pay rent, bills and/or groceries ate quick to not understand.

This is why I left New York. It’s just too expensive and I dont have it in me to be a criminal.

The real thieves are not people who dodge the ticket less than 3 dollars, the real thieves are the subway management who spent 11+ billion dollars to build one station, and 55 million to just improve the waterproof of another station.

Transportation should NOT be a business in the first place.

Dudes can learn a thing or two from the Moscow metro. 5' panels instead of short spinny things (he said name but I forgot), the exit has the same system, but it opens automatically on movement and closes quickly, but if there is an emergency people can just walk through non stop since exit one doesn't try to close fully before opening again, plus there is a booth where worker can open all panels so people can leave quick. Also since the metro is really busy the amount of machines is large (like 20 for entrance on a busy one I use often) and so are the hallways. In suburban train stations and less busy metro stations there are also simple metal barriers which are guarded, mostly opened for people with a large luggage or a bike or something of this sort. There is usually a larger gate for this, but there are so many people during rush hours, it's hard to reach it sometimes. So there is no caged feeling, everything is super open, but you can't jump over (you can try but good luck with that lol). The only way to cheat is for you and your friend to squish together so motion sensor thinks you are one person. One of you will have to pay still tho. And works only during the rush. Also also ☝️ trains arrive every 2-3 minutes on all lines all day every day. The only exception is serious break of a train in the line. They will have to take it from the line to pocket/depo which are located somewhere in the tunnels. If it's some mild technical issue, it usually causes only 5 minutes delay, if something really serious, I think it can take up to 3 hours. Sometimes they have to close several stations on the line and then they get more busses that drive close to closed metro stations. I think you can see it already BUT I LOVE RUSSIAN METRO OMG. Especially now with suburban trains becoming part of that system and I can go from my city to anywhere in moscow for a fixed price and in a predictable time frame... I LOVE IT!!!

When I lived in NYC, we called the subway the "World's largest moving mental institution".

Cash man your respective journalism is how modern day media should convey the news! Straight to the point and gives an in depth breakdown on problems and solutions. Keep up the amazing work my man

In Germany there are no turnstiles, there are just random checks in the busses and at the stops. If you get caught riding without a ticket you gotta pay a pretty large fine.

I'm laughing because I misread the text on the thumbnail as saying "This place is Finland"

It's really genius to a degree that Cash uses his phone to show the extra clips because you know YT is gonna track it and censor it.

I know someone that 'borrows' under $800 from stores in ny. Rides the subway for free. When he gets home sells those that where "borrowed' and collects welfare. Paid cash for a 2024 Mercedes he says 'I love NY'

Holy shit, didn't know you guys had it that bad... Wow

cities in the U.S. promising to make things better is as likely to succeed as perfectly stacking 2 pencils on eachother by the tips (it's impossible)

They need the chaos, without it they can't give themselves more power and control to fix the chaos.

This pivot from tiny/expensive apartments to actual news coverage about New York City is just amazing. I’m here for it and been enjoying the shit out of it for months. Can’t get this type of insight from “real news”. Love it!

millions of devs wait for the animation to stop and avoid using a manual delay when waiting for the game to load but now the subway does it? what shame!

I saw school kids do this on my visit to NYC and I thought it was so cute and looked the other way 😂

It still boggles my mind to see actual soldiers stationed in the subway. And you can hear those sirens echoing throughout the entire video. Bonkers.

Our politicians are supposed to be public servants, but nowadays they are just a public nuisance.

And then there is Prague with no gates, just workers randomly checking people's tickets. Is it easy to avoid fare. Yes. Is there a punishment if you get caught? Yes, a very expensive one. Czechs aren't even nice law-abiding citizens. It's so disappointing to see New York like this. It was one of my dream cities to visit when I was a kid.

The priorities of the people on top are an enigma

Hiring a psychologist to assess why people are dodging their fares LOL - if they pay me $100,000.00 I'll get right to the root of the problem for them, it shouldn't take me long to figure it out...

Hiring a psychologist to research a problem that anyone with common sense could answer...way to go Adams and company!

Yes omg keep punishing poverty What a new and innovative idea You have now solved crime wow good job

In Sweden we just have tall electric gates, its simply hard to jump them so people don't and in case of an emergency they just open and then you have 4 to 6 gates the same size as the NYC emergency exits.

How about if the Judges actually did their jobs and FINE those that aren’t paying? What a novel concept

$700M lost due to fare evasion yet taxpayers pay $20 BILLION for the subway? If I was a taxpayer that used the subway infrequently I don't know that I'd feel guilty for skipping paying.

The gym I go to had a problem with members bringing in people who were not members during unstaffed hours. It started to become a pretty big issue, so the manager had security cameras installed at the entrance and anyone who was caught letting in non-members would be fined. What I'm getting at is that criminals need to be held accountable. Word spreads fast. As soon as some of these goons get fined for $100, people will see that it's not worth it to risk the fine.

thanks for the tips so when I as a tourist go to NYC I dont have to pay for anything as long as at a time I steal less than 1000 dollars worth of goods and at the same time subway is also free?

Every month it feels like NYC and California get worse and worse in this economy.

I live in Poland, but I used to live in the US. The difference between public transport here and in the us is like night and day. Here, when you enter a bus, tram or train no one stops you or checks your ticket. You buy a ticket at a vending machine in the vehicle or at a stop and you scan it. Every once in a while, a plainclothes employee of the public transport services checks if you have a ticket (this happens pretty rarely). If you don't have a ticket you pay a fine. Most people pay because this is a decent country with generaly hard working, honest people.

Seeing this reminds me of why I love living in a City that doesn’t have any gates to the subway at all. Just rare controls with hefty fees if you don’t have a Ticket so people buy Tickets because Tickets in general are quite cheep

As a person from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, I've never even thought this could be a problem. The subway is cheap, jumping over the turnstiles is a punishable offense and i dont think we have emergency exits, that can be abused. In the 10 months I've lived here, there was exactly one guy that I have seen, that jumped over for free. Edit: however, the bus system is problematic. I think about 20% of people don't pay at all. There's conductors, of course, but they aren't present on every single bus, so if the conductor isn't on the bus, why bother paying? A punishment-less crime! :P

It’s like NYC is pretending to be stupid at this point. They stop enforcing fare evasion and a boatload of other laws, then people don’t pay for the fare because there are no consequences, then MTA raises the fares while doing nothing about fare evasion, and now more people start not paying their fare. Those that paid before see this insanity and stop paying. And honestly why should they? If the city refuses to do anything about crime and makes law abiding citizens pay more to subsidize criminality, people aren’t going to care anymore and ride for free. There has to be a standard that applies to everyone, not just the law abiding “suckers” that end up footing the bill, while criminals get excuses because… they’re criminals?? SMH

Why pay anything, the city will just flush the money down the sewer.

In Sweden we have tall glass Gates hard to pass and we have guards patrolling Inside the Metro cars, fining those with invalid tickets.

It’s starting to seem like bicycles are a better alternative for moving around

It's never been a better time to be a criminal.

New York is a cess pool! I wouldn’t go there if they even paid me!!!!!

I love how they are finding ways to save money by hiring a phycologist.

Just because of certain people, we have to spend our hard working money, just for a solution to fare evasion.