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Los Angeles has mostly inspection based fare enforcement and it looks like ~5% evasion rate. Doesn't seem too bad for higher throughput. http://metro.legistar1

• beowulfey 7y ago
  Actually LA metro switched to faregates everywhere a few years ago. Busses still have some hopons though
  • riffic 7y ago
    There are many stations that lack fare gates, it is not universal throughout the system.
  • mayneack 7y ago
    Most of the expo line doesn't have gates.
• dahdum 7y ago
  Seems a bit higher than that on average, Dec/Jan were ~8.3%. Faregates are rarely the rate limiter on throughput (buses moreso than others though). Adding more cuts enforcement labor and increases revenue.
  • bobthepanda 7y ago
    There's a not-insignificant capital cost (faregates need electric and networking), and some users cannot be accommodated with faregates at all, necessitating station agents to let them in through an emergency exit or some other means of ingress.
• riffic 7y ago
  The enforcement you refer to is not universal or uniform in nature.