Starting Tuesday, Metro Transit Police will be issuing citations and related fines to people caught jumping fare gates or failing to tap fare boxes at the front of buses.
The Washington Metro Area Transit Authority announced the new implementation of fare evasion fines on Friday. A campaign has been ongoing since Oct. 4 to warn riders of possible fines for fare evasion, with digital signs and paper fliers.
“Metro conservatively estimates revenue losses due to fare evasion totaling $40 million in fiscal year 2022 as a result of people who did not pay. This includes 34% of all Metrobus trips,” WMATA noted.