Will LA Metro’s new, taller faregates stop freeloaders and reduce crime?

LA Metro continues to make life hard for fare evaders

Metro is moving forward with its crackdown on fare evaders by installing new taller faregates. The L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority formally approved funding for the measure to upgrade existing gated stations with taller gates in February.  “Taller faregates have features such as precise motion sensors that can accurately detect fare evasion behaviors, such as ‘tailgating,’ crawling under and climbing over, as well as electromec…

Will Metro’s new, taller faregates stop freeloaders and reduce crime?

What’s the big deal when passengers jump the turnstiles so they can ride the LA Metro train without paying? They often are the same folks who commit crimes, according to LA Metro. Following that logic, LA Metro is spending millions of dollars to install 7-foot-tall faregates at train stations to keep out the scofflaws in order to reduce illicit drug use, loitering and violent crimes. In 2023, LA Metro determined that 94% of riders arrested for c…

Will LA Metro’s new, taller faregates stop freeloaders and reduce crime?

What’s the big deal when passengers jump the turnstiles so they can ride the LA Metro train without paying? They often are the same folks who commit crimes, according to LA Metro. Following that logic, LA Metro is spending millions of dollars to install 7-foot-tall faregates at train stations to keep out the scofflaws in order to reduce illicit drug use, loitering and violent crimes. In 2023, LA Metro determined that 94% of riders arrested for c…