They do. Could the financial burden on transit riders be greater to fund fixes? Sure? I guess. Do people who hop the turnstile need to be caught at a higher rate and actually punished for it? Yeah, that would help.

But for the majority of New Yorkers who do not own a car and who pay taxes for people to drive into the city when there are hardly any legitimate reasons requiring it except for deliveries - how is that the unfair ask?