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Sound Transit Leaders Plan to Give Fare Gates a Closer Look (www.theurbanist.org)
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[–] colin@lemmy.uninsane.org 5 points 2 months ago

I personally believe that the prospect of getting hassled and ticketed by fare enforcement staff is a legitimate reason we don’t see more people on the trains who are visibly suffering from addiction and homelessness.

i also stopped riding once they ramped up the fare enforcement. i'm not homeless or addicted, i just don't enjoy confrontation and fare enforcement (regardless if you paid or not) is an extremely confrontational interaction.