Since last year, Metro has spent millions replacing all the fare gates in their system.
The problem is these new fare gates are lower to the ground and easy for people to jump over to evade paying fares. The previous management did this to prevent blind spots.
Sources said Metro’s new General Manager Randy Clarke wants to look at possibly modifying faregates to prevent such losses.
Metro could change gates to be more restrictive, like those that have been piloted on the BART system in San Francisco and Oakland, California.
The problem, however, is that Metro just spent millions to install new fare gates across the system, and would have to spend even more.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... y/3146428/
The problem is these new fare gates are lower to the ground and easy for people to jump over to evade paying fares. The previous management did this to prevent blind spots.
Sources said Metro’s new General Manager Randy Clarke wants to look at possibly modifying faregates to prevent such losses.
Metro could change gates to be more restrictive, like those that have been piloted on the BART system in San Francisco and Oakland, California.
The problem, however, is that Metro just spent millions to install new fare gates across the system, and would have to spend even more.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/loca ... y/3146428/