Come On and Take a Free Ride (to Newark)

I can't help but wonder how much revenue flies out the NJ Transit window from uncollected fares from riders between New York Penn and Newark Penn. Those folks riding to Secaucus and Newark have it made. I would say that on at least two of five rides weekly out of New York, conductors don't get around to collecting tickets until we are past Newark. I'm not suggesting those riders don't want to pay, or that they are intentionally taking advantage. Hey, if no one collects my ticket, I don't go chasing down the conductor to hand it over. But at the same time, if I am noticing the tremendous number of fares going uncollected, why doesn't NJ Transit? Can it really afford to be so lackadaisical in the face of a thirty percent fare increase?