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LA Metro is not opt-in. Fares are mandatory, and the police can and do issue citations for fare evasion. The only free fares are for K-12 students, whose fares
by gamblor956 3y ago
LA Metro is not opt-in. Fares are mandatory, and the police can and do issue citations for fare evasion.
The only free fares are for K-12 students, whose fares are being subsidized by a combination of public and private sources.
- gosub100 3y agoLeaving it up to the cops discretion means they will be incentivized to enforce it against people who can pay but don't. This is what the signs say in San Diego. You CAN be asked to show your fare at any time. Meaning consequences for me but not for them. Except they don't have anything to lose so why bother? It's in their best interest to break the law and abuse the transit system for shelter, harassment, and committing more crime (spreading the heat == less chance of detection). I'll choose warming the globe any day over putting myself at risk of violence.
- dumbo-octopus 3y agoCan, perhaps. Do: not so much. Most stations don't even have turnstiles, instead preferring some occasional posts you are "suggested" to tap your card at. Those that do have turnstiles without fail have handicap-ready turnstiles, which look enough like a completely open walkway to pass all forms of "plausible deniability" - especially when you see everybody in the station lining up to go through them. The only people I know who do pay are paying from company-provided passes. Everyone else is riding off them.