A new study from the Center for Policing Equity challenges BART's claims about fare evasion. While BART suggests that non-paying riders contribute significantly to crime and revenue loss, the report indicates fare enforcement yields minimal revenue and doesn't substantially enhance rider safety. Collaborating with various local agencies and organizations, the study points out BART's undefined methods of correlating fare enforcement to increased safety and revenue. The report calls for BART to clarify its goals for implementing fare evasion enforcement to ensure transparency and accountability.
BART's focus on fare evasion recovers minimal revenue and isn't effective at curbing incidents that make riders feel uneasy in the system.
The researchers concluded that it's unclear whether BART has calculated how much revenue will be generated from fare enforcement.
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