Reminder of how much we like to criminalize being poor.

Skipping a $3.50 transit fare results in a $425 fine while skipping a $20 parking pass lands you a $70 fine that rich people complained to high heaven about. What justification, other than hating poor people, is there for this not scaling?

Make parking fines $2000 and then let's talk about the fictional "war on cars"

#Toronto
#FareIsFair

@chu we have these in the UK… it’s so dystopian. Like some of these are legit explanations too.. hell all of them are! My phone battery has died before. What the fuck am I supposed to do about that when there are no charging ports on the trains?? As a disabled person I sometimes get confused and end up on the wrong train.

I detest this attitude. This is why they shouldn’t be run for profit.

@QueerMatters @chu

public transportation should be free

@QueerMatters @chu Running late? Straight to jail.
Phone battery died? Jail.
Missed your stop? Believe it or not, straight to jail.
@QueerMatters @chu I remember my phone running out, the train being delayed 60 minutes, and us begging the conductor to check us before the phone went out

@me @QueerMatters

With this kind of system, they are begging to clog up the courts as people fight these tickets.

@QueerMatters @chu here the fine for an invalid ticket is the cost of a non-discounted ticket, 100£+fare is just extortion