CEO Peter Rogoff says it was “supposed to approximate the cost of the court system,” Sound Transit doesn’t keep money from fare evasion fines
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King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci asks about income disparities, citing audit of Metro that found homeless people were hit hard. “If our conclusion was other than that, I wouldn’t understand why because there’s so much overlap in our riders”https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/homeless-hurt-most-by-metros-fare-enforcement-program-new-king-county-audit-says/ …
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Balducci: “If all the fines going to cost of the court process, is that a reasonable use of our time? … I still don’t feel like I have sense our fare enforcement system through the courts makes any sense at all.”
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan: “I will confess… I didn’t realize before preparing for this meeting that all the fines go to some black hole court system”
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Replying to @heidigroover
[corrects my earlier error] Obviously those fines don't create transit revenue. [You have to respect Durkan's eagerness to learn more about it...] From the archive,
@kcmetrobus grossed only $4,300 in 2016 from fare citations, about 1/80 the cost just for the court process.1 reply 2 retweets 11 likes -
how much does
@soundtransit@kcmetro and other Orca agencies spend on fare enforcement on an annual basis? All inclusive - staffing/legal costs EVERYTHING? In a meeting right now about the next gen Orca system and it just makes me wonder why can we as a region decide that...1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @AnnaZivarts @MikeLindblom and
the equity, public and environmental health implications of not incentivizing transit use through a fare-free system make it just not worth it. (
@intercitytransi just decided to take the opposite route - rather than upgrading fare collection system, they went fare-free.)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @AnnaZivarts @MikeLindblom and
Cost of Next Gen Orca - $86 million
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Replying to @RachaelLudwick @AnnaZivarts and
Language Correction: just sounds completely absurd and presumably is a system that doesn’t keep any of the existing equipment or code.
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Is it like the new one in New York or London that works with a smartphone swipe? That'd definitely be completely new tech.
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