The complicated saga that is TTC fare evasion

“We’re not unrealistic and thinking we’re going to get [fare evasion] to zero,” TTC chief executive Rick Leary said in an interview Friday. “But what is reasonable is for people that can afford to pay their fare, to pay.”In 2014, when a London financier paid £43,000 to settle allegations of massive fare-dodging, regulators prohibited him working in that city’s financial sector for life.

Councillor Shelley Carroll argued that the agency, though inaction, had “created a culture” of scofflaws. But deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong blamed evaders for having “stolen” from the agency. Mr. Leary argues that the presence of officers, who board vehicles sporadically or wait at stops to do checks, reduces evasion, leading to such discrepancies. The TTC is set to hire more fare enforcement officers and deploy them more widely throughout the system. If the CEO is correct, their visibility should reduce the amount of fare dodging.

The TTC wants to improve revenue recovery by $10.2-million this year, which translates into a bit more than three million additional paid rides. The TTC is considering as well whether to discontinue the child Presto card, which could prevent about $8-million in fares being ducked by adults illegally using the card.Michelle Jones, the agency’s head of revenue protection, said they’re hoping to gather more data on scofflaws.

Absolutely. When I was in Rome and Paris I saw did see fraudsters posing as transit personal- same thing will happen here especially to tourists.

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 - don’t hire more fare inspectors, fix presto system ✔️ - don’t hire more fare inspectors, fix presto system ✔️ -don’t hire more fare inspectors, fix presto system ✔️

Where do these people find the energy to go to such lengths? It takes enough to time in the morning to get ready, get on the street car, let alone a seat, and make it to work in time during winter.

Aside from small children and communists, I know of few people who are confused by the simple concept of paying your own way. If everyone freeloads, the TTC will only get worse that it already is. Can't afford the fare, WALK. It's good exercise.

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