Wednesday, February 1, 2012

KATU ON FARE CRACKDOWN

http://www.katu.com/news/local/TriMet-fare-crackdown-leads-to-more-citations-138495389.html?tab=video&c=y

3 comments:

  1. In these times of economic suffering, it would serve the public well if Trimet would recognize that many people are unable to start a new job because they haven't the initial fare to get there. It can be 2 weeks or more before a struggling potential employee can even afford a one-way trip.
    How about free pass vouchers for those beginning new work? I'm sure the 'executives' would worry about the loss of revenue while working on their chip-shot...
    Instead, such people are heavily penalized for their struggles. Typical one-per-center's.

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  2. I think there are places that will give out tickets. Whether there's enough to meet demand, I don't know.

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  3. One thing that KATU has failed to reveal is who receives the money from the fines. At a rate of $200+ at roughly 40 per day (just the number of citations reported by KATU for today) ends up being quite a lot of money. The Trimet execs won't be suffering, that's for sure.

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