Elise Stolte: Turning a blind eye to fare evasion doesn't create safer buses

Creating counterfeit transit passes is now as simple as making a colour photocopy on glossy card stock. And still Edmonton bus drivers say they’re waving through passengers who use fraudulent payment or no payment at all, rather than dealing with potential violence.
“You’ve got a fraction of a second and we’re directed not to enforce it anyway,” said one of several bus drivers who spoke with me about a steadily growing issue on Edmonton Transit buses.
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