Oh happy day! Last night I finally had some MAX train fare inspectors on my MAX train for the first time in about… almost a year or so.
I was really happy to see them because:
- I’ve only seen them on late night trains
- I was wondered how many people actually bought fare on the ‘busy’ times (from 7:30 - 8:30 am and 5 - 6 pm)
They checked our fare (it took them awhile, but they got around to it before we hit the Gateway station) and wrote up several tickets.
Anyway, just very psyched to see some fare inspectors on and checking fares. I hope that this signals an increase in frequency of having fare inspectors on the MAX and also having them board different times of the day. Keep it up…
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What happens when they write a ticket? Is it an on-the-spot fine, or just (essentially) a warning?
Sometimes warnings, sometimes straight out tickets. Last I heard, they were around $80 - 90 or so…
That’s the key– making the spot fine enough that you’re not going to risk it. I’ve lived places where the spot fine is around $10, so as long as you’re only caught 1/4 of the time that you’re riding without a ticket, it’s worth not buying a ticket.
Good decision-making!
just witnessed two guys get off the max at 185th and busted by Hillsboro police for no fare.
Seen it and immediately thought of this post. Haha.
I’ve never understood the stories about no fare inspectors being seen on TriMet. I see them frequently.
It might be the time of day I/most ride the train. Being that both times are during ‘rush hour’ around 7-8am and 5-6pm.
In the 6 months I’ve been riding twice a day, usually 4 days a week I’ve been asked for my fair only twice.
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