Yes, Fare Gates Actually Reduce Crime

Fare dodging must be stopped in order to help solve the serious fiscal crisis the transit system continues to face. Crimes on transit also costly since many women & elderly wont ride it if other options available.

If we accept fare dodging, shoplifting, littering, graffiti as minor problems not worth enforcing consequences, the perpetrators will view it as license to continue unacceptable behavior. This then invites others to participate in this anti social behavior. There's a price that civil society pays for this.