The Transportation Minister says she is, and isn’t surprised, that fare evasion on Coast Mountain buses is so rampant.
Mary Polak says the estimated number of fare evasions was lower than the actual number of 2.1-million last year.
However Polak says she always thought it was much higher compared with the estimated number.
“My own view for quite some time has been that the estimates we’ve had on fare evasion have been low.”
Meanwhile Polak says it will be up Translink to decide if more transit police officers should be assigned to the buses.
“Certainly we want to see improved enforcement that’s one of the reasons we’re investing so heavily in the fare gates whether it’s transit police or another method.”
For years bus drivers have been calling for more transit cops on their coaches to not only enforce fares but for safety reasons as well.
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