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Patrols for fare evading transit riders

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Aug, 2024 10:41 AM

TransLink says it's boosting patrols for fare-evading transit riders.

The transit operator says it's begun a blitz to deter riders from freeloading on the transit system, aimed at lessening fare evasion by five-million-dollars a year.

TransLink says fare evaders face a ticket for 173-dollars, and the fare evasion reduction efforts are part of its plan to find 90-million dollars in efficiencies after warning of a funding gap earlier this summer.

C-E-O Kevin Quinn says fare evasion is unfair to riders who pay their fair share and makes it more difficult to fund the system.

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