Anonymous
11/16/2018 12:31
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Good
Anonymous
11/16/2018 11:12
Subject: Re:D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Decriminalization means that metro fare evasion results in a fine, not arrest or jail time. No different than getting a ticket for speeding or parking in the wrong place.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 10:55
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
I'll also start skipping. Nice, just saved $9/day
Anonymous
11/16/2018 10:51
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Anonymous wrote:Cool. So I'll never have to pay to ride metro again.
I support this.
I mean ... it’s so shitty. Really no one should have to pay.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 21:54
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Cool. So I'll never have to pay to ride metro again.
I support this.
I support this.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 18:30
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
For some reason DC’s leaders seem to have chosen NYC of the Eighties, including the then-notorious subway, as their civic role model.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 16:56
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Anonymous wrote:Trump should veto it, he can do that as dc is the president's city
That's not at all how it works.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 16:46
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Trump should veto it, he can do that as dc is the president's city
Anonymous
11/15/2018 16:44
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
I also think they punishment is over the top.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 16:43
Subject: Re:D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
I never pay anyway. I usually say hello and smile at the driver—-upper NW!
Anonymous
11/15/2018 10:23
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
When they had bus transfers, I ne er saw anyone pay for the bus ever EOTP. Drivers never make you pay when your card balance is low. You have to be really blatant or rude to actually get charged with this in the first place. Might as well make it free.
And won’t this make a disproportionate impact on the middle class people and tourists who do pay?
And won’t this make a disproportionate impact on the middle class people and tourists who do pay?
Anonymous
11/15/2018 10:16
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Anonymous wrote:Proponents of the change say the current policies are too harsh, have negative side effects, and disproportionately impact people of color.
Critics say the transit system fails to capture millions of dollars a year due to fare evasion, and arrests for it are much rarer than citations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2018/11/14/dc-council-votes-decriminalize-metro-fare-evasion/?utm_term=.0ed8e6db35db
What say ye?
The WaPo is so lame -- never once does it ask the obvious questions about the "disproportionate impact" claim.
Prosecuting rape has a "disproportionate impact" on men.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 09:50
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Stealing is okay. Got it.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 09:42
Subject: Re:D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Excellent.
Anonymous
11/15/2018 09:40
Subject: D.C. Council votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion
Proponents of the change say the current policies are too harsh, have negative side effects, and disproportionately impact people of color.
Critics say the transit system fails to capture millions of dollars a year due to fare evasion, and arrests for it are much rarer than citations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2018/11/14/dc-council-votes-decriminalize-metro-fare-evasion/?utm_term=.0ed8e6db35db
What say ye?
Critics say the transit system fails to capture millions of dollars a year due to fare evasion, and arrests for it are much rarer than citations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2018/11/14/dc-council-votes-decriminalize-metro-fare-evasion/?utm_term=.0ed8e6db35db
What say ye?