Fare Evasion

Earlier this month, the Metro Transit Police Department stopped issuing tickets to people for evading their fare, eating or drinking, spitting, and playing loud music on the transit system while they are riding in D.C., Metro spokesperson…

Metro has temporarily stopped issuing citations in the District for fare evasion, eating in the transit system and other offenses because of a problem with the language in a new D.C. law that decriminalizes those violations, officials…

Evidence of discrimination in enforcement drove D.C.’s City Council to decriminalize transit fare evasion. But cities should consider abolishing fares entirely.

In the District, dodging fares on the Metro system is shortly expected to be downgraded to a civil offense carrying a potential fine of up to $50 from a criminal act with a $300 maximum penalty and up to 10 days in jail. A supermajority of…

D.C. councilmembers on Tuesday gave a sharp rebuke of Mayor Muriel Bowser's argument that "lawlessness begets lawlessness" on the District's transit system.

Mayor Muriel Bowser used her veto power last week for only the second time, seeking to overturn a bill that eliminates criminal penalties for failing to pay fares on the Metro system. But lawmakers on the D.C. Council voted Tuesday to defy…

The D.C. Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of its legislation decriminalizing fare evasion on Metro. The 11-2 vote means the legislation now heads to Congress for final review.

The D.C. Council voted 11-2 Tuesday to override Mayor Muriel Bower’s veto of the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act.

Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed decriminalization legislation that advocates say would curb the discriminatory policing tactics associated with fare evasion enforcement. Today, the D.C. City Council will decide if it will override her veto.

Mayor Muriel Bowser quietly vetoed the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act earlier this week, writing in a letter to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson that the bill will hurt the already cash-strapped agency and that “we should not…

The lead sponsor of the legislation, though, says he will seek to override the veto

Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed a bill that decriminalizes fare evasion on the District's Metro transit system. This is only the second time she's taken such action. Her first veto was on an emergency bill that would have allowed high school…

WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed a measure Wednesday that would decriminalize fare evasion on Metro.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has rejected the D.C. Council’s decision to decriminalize Metro fare jumping, issuing her second-ever veto Wednesday amid concern the measure would exacerbate the transit agency’s financial problems.

Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the D.C. Council’s Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act on Wednesday, writing in a letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson that the bill “will result in additional lost revenue for the Metro system” and that “we…

Despite the pleas of Metro and the leaders of its board, the D.C. Council gave final approval on Tuesday to legislation that reclassifies fare evasion in the transit system as a civil offense.

The D.C. Council voted to decriminalize Metro fare evasion on Tuesday after considering the legislation for more than a year and a half.

The end is near. The agenda for the D.C. Council’s penultimate legislative meeting last Tuesday included more than 100 items, from firearm safety to campaign finance reform to turnstile jumping to building a new hospital east of the…