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This set of observations and suggestions comes to you via Muni rider Ben.
Muni cops were at it again… checking what is undoubtedly the area with the most fare jumpers. You guessed it, the 7:45am Embarcadero business crowd.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to check lines in the middle of their routes? Of course not! It’s definitely the daily commuters who are milking the system. I’m not saying that there are no fare jumpers making a trip to the financial district, but in the 10 or so times I have seen this over the past two months, I have seen 0 citations, as opposed to the 2-3 each time they check in the middle of the N-Judah Line.
Is there an official Muni statement on this? I would like to see their defense.
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Heading outbound on the N I definitely have seen more tickets issued at the Church/Duboce and Carl/Cole stops than on any of the underground stops. Probably even more fare jumpers would have been caught had the drivers not announced several stops beforehand that fare inspectors were waiting ahead.
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Ben Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:43 am
For sure. After the cops hop on there, they hide in the train “elbows” for the next few stops.
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They have to hit the bus and metro lines when kids are going to school and as people make their way home in the afternoons. They also need to stay on board for more than just a couple stops.
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I saw a cop on the 19 this morning but on the “fancy” part of Polk, not the lower block where the fare evasion begins. It just lazy policing.
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I’ve always wondered what their patrolling pattern is. Do they just pick a line and stops out of a glass jar?
Odds of patrols in the Outer Richmond, like never!
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Ben Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
MUNI cops patrolling the Outer Richmond would mean they would have to ride a bus to the Outer Richmond………
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I know this has been discussed to death, but a few months ago I was on an inbound M and when we made the stop at St. Francis Circle, there were 14(!) inspectors waiting for us. Probably a mix of both sfpd and pop officers, and they were probably also checking k trains too, but still… overkill much? I get that the m has a lot of fare evaders around there because of all the schools, but only two of the officers even did anything, the rest were just chillaxin. Looked easy enough from where I was sitting.
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I’ve lately noticed Muni/SFPD officers holding up buses/trains in order to check fares. Multiple times on the M and the 14/14L/49, the bus/train would stop until the officers had checked all the fares. While I’m glad they are checking fares on these high-evasion lines, I’d rather them not hold my bus up until they’re finished because they don’t want to ride one or two stops and check fares while moving.
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