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BC: TransLink Has No Compass Card Fare Evasion Policy

Author: Jordan Bateman 2013/02/21

TransLink plans to launch its long-awaited Compass card fare system later this year, and it’s hoped the card, along with fare gates, will help ratchet down fare evasion.

But, I wondered, what happens if you don’t pay your fare after the Compass cards are in place? What occurs then?

So I filed a Freedom of Information Act request with TransLink to find out, asking for “any and all policies regarding non-payment of fares once Compass cards are in place.”

The response: er, there are none.

See the PDF of TransLink’s response for yourself here.


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