Fare evasion has worsened during the pandemic and is a visible reminder to riders of revenue Metro is not collecting.
Fare evasion, he said, ultimately hurts lower-income people most. When people don’t pay, he said, it robs the transit system of revenue, which could spiral into service cuts.
But transit officials note they couldn’t have foreseen the pandemic or its effects, which some say has exacerbated fare evasion alongside higher gas prices, inflation and fewer passengers in buses or stations to discourage evasions. They also say societal norms increasingly have been ignored during the pandemic, a problem that extends to airlines battling passenger disruptions, rising pedestrian deaths from reckless drivers and elevated crime rates.
The issue was among the top problems Clarke said riders mentioned during meet-and-greet sessions this past summer. Transit officials said the agency lost Since 2018, BART has also used uniformed police department employees to monitor riders for proof of payment. Inspectors wear body cameras and ask riders for proof of payment. Sound Transit, in the Seattle area, is starting a similar “Metro uses transit police to enforce fare evasion, butthe number of citations issued has fallen significantly in each of the past five years. In 2017, police recorded 15,409 citations and arrests. In 2019, a year after D.C.
Allen said he wants Metro to enforce fare evasion violations, saying the agency has had plenty of time to set up a civil citation process.
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