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The agency is pairing with nonprofit partners to provide on-site services and resources to riders and boosting fare enforcement without police involvement.
Metro Transit is now working to implement new fare enforcement policies, build back ridership lost during the pandemic and provide support for riders who are unhoused, drug users.
Beginning Monday, Metro Transit's community service officers will issue citations ranging from $35 to $100 to transit riders who fail to pay their fare.