One Woman’s Success Story in Appealing a Clipper Card Citation

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Muni rider Jane G. successfully appealed her fare citation when she got a ticket for not tagging her Clipper Card even though she has a monthly pass. We’re reported in 2012 that you should not be cited if you have a valid monthly pass on your Clipper card and you didn’t tag your card (or the card reader was not working). Even though the SFMTA confirmed that you shouldn’t be cited, it looks like riders are still getting dinged. Here’s her story:

Today I was found not guilty of fare evasion in San Francisco Superior Court after the San Francisco Police cited me for not tagging my Clipper card.
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Transit News: Muni on-time rate, BART contract, F-Market buses, Sunday meters

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  • In S.F., Muni slows, crime grows (SFGate)
  • 87 Percent of BART’s Biggest Union OKs New Contract (SF Appeal)
  • Smart cards [including Clipper] harder to hack and harder to get in U.S. (KTVU)
  • F-Market Buses All This Weekend (Market Street Railway)
  • Mayor Lee panders to motorists and undermines SFMTA with Sunday metering repeal (SF Bay Guardian)
  • Millbrae City Council takes first step to two major projects near BART, Caltrain stations (The Daily Journal)
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“The Bus” comic written with Muni in mind?

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I often am pegged/accused of being obsessed with public transit. I always try to dismiss such silliness. I tell people, “Running Muni Diaries, I meet people who really are obsessed. Like, you have no idea.”

I’m gonna go ahead and say that Paul Kirschner is one of those people. He writes and draws the comic strip The Bus, and it’s pretty nifty. We can all relate to most of the oddities in the strips.

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Does Public Shaming of Fare Evaders Work?

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Well, this is new. If the fare cops won’t catch you, maybe public shaming will. One Muni station agent thought she’d try to appeal to a fare evader’s pride. From Muni rider Ramona S:

I’m at Powell station and hear this from the PA system: “Officer Jones, we have a fare evader on the platform, west side, a black male in black jeans and black t-shirt with white writing, carrying a red sweatshirt, approximately 6’1″…” On and on. The station agent kept announcing the alleged fare evader’s movement throughout the station and kept repeating descriptions of him and his location. I think “Officer Jones” is imaginary, as we didn’t see any police officers at the station. But still. Will the ancient tactic of public embarrassment work for fare evaders?

We sure do love a station agent with a healthy sense of humor.

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