Right this moment’s sorry lesson about crime and impunity in America’s cities comes courtesy of Washington, D.C., the place the farebox on the bus is extra like an providing plate. Greater than a 3rd of the bus journeys now being taken contain fare evasion, however final week the Washington Metropolitan Space Transit Authority mentioned it is going to crack down starting in November.
The Metro transit authority says free riders are committing a felony offense in the event that they’re within the Virginia and Maryland suburbs that encompass the capital. However some 4 years in the past, the D.C. Metropolis Council decriminalized fare evasion over a mayoral veto. Inside metropolis limits, fare dodgers face a mere $50 civil quotation. Within the previous days they could have been staring down a $300 advantageous and 10 days in jail.
