OC Transpo issues 900 fines for failing to pay transit fares in September [Video]

More than 900 fines were issued in September to people not paying the transit fare, as OC Transpo stepped up fare enforcement on buses and the O-Train.

The transit service conducted a fare compliance blitz between September 3 and 30, with 12 fare inspectors “active across the transit network, enforcing fare regulations,” OC Transpo said.

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The Transit Commission was told 904 tickets were issued during the fare compliance enforcement and education blitz.  The breakdown of the fines issued shows 489 tickets were issued on the O-Train and 415 tickets on buses and at bus stations. Fare inspectors also issued 15 warnings.

The fare blitz came as new riders used OC Transpo buses and the O-Train at the start of the school year and as federal workers returned to the office a minimum of three days …