Okay, so fair hoppers, we're not beating them up. No, that seems like an important role for the New York. You know, when we, when we talk about fare evasion, The MTA did its own blue ribbon panel study that found the greatest correlation between a level of fare evasion in a neighborhood is the level of poverty in that neighborhood. That's shocking. Shocking. So one of the most effective. I thought it was selfishness. One of the most effective ways to deal with this is when we make buses free and we actually make it accessible for every New Yorker. (23:51–24:00)
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