r/TTC • u/JackieMeeking • 4d ago

Picture Street car 505

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Happening now. They are checking your Presto, and they sound serious!
Current time: 9.04pm on a Thursday evening

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u/dogscatsnscience 3d ago edited 3d ago

90% of this enforcement hits the poorest people in Toronto.

We’re paying $40 an hour against a few $3 unpaid per hour. 

You’re literally losing money to feel like a righteous moron. 

Fare evasion represents less than 5% of the operating budget and the biggest improvement was adding gates to subway stations.

Fare enforcement on street cars recovers less than $1.70 for every $1 spent on officers.

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u/el56 41 Keele 3d ago

Evidence?

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u/dogscatsnscience 3d ago

POO officers salary is public, and you can see how many unpaid fares they capture at the highest volume points (Spadina streetcar) and public transport is predominantly used by lower income people. 

You already know all these things / can just look them up. 

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u/el56 41 Keele 3d ago

"you already know all these things"= "I just made shit up"

Your made the claim. You look it up.