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What cities are you talking about, I'm guessing not in America?

Fare enforcement is one of the few pro arguments for the broken window theory. I've never been on any subway system in the US that didn't have attendants near the gates and they have no qualms stopping trains while the transit police come. Homeless people get on the train and ride all day but they put in their couple dollars at the beginning of the trip.

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I'm in America.

Cops generally don't care if a homeless person jumps a turnstile.

In my ideal world of course you'd still have tons of cameras and attendants for security. Expensive public transit is horribly regressive.

Which city are you talking about because this just generally isn't true in any of the major city subway lines like NYC and Chicago

In LA the cops generally don't care.

Even if they do, they'll just give the homeless guy a citation which he'll never pay. Don't get me wrong, the cops should definitely still handle crimes on the trains, as well as anyone who's trying to live there.

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