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For Baltimore bus drivers, death threats and fear of assault are a daily occurrence. One driver told @tessabentulan he prays the same words before every shift: “Please God, bring me home.”
@tessabentulan of @foxbaltimore tells @lyndsaymkeith the dangers drivers are facing on the job.
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Open subway gates. Open back doors on buses. And a policy from Maryland’s transit agency that tells employees to state the $2 fare but not enforce it. Riders who don’t want to pay don’t have to, and no one stops them unless police are there.
@TessaBentulan of @FOXBaltimore tells @LyndsayMKeith why fare evasion has become so common in Baltimore.
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The fare for a Baltimore bus or subway ride is $2, yet riders watch others walk right past the fare box every day. Subway gates sit open for hours, and bus drivers say they’ve been told not to enforce fares.
@tessabentulan of @foxbaltimore spent months investigating why so many riders don’t pay. She joins @lyndsaymkeith to explain what she found.
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