Toronto Transit Agency Cracking Down on Fare Evasion With New Entry Policy

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is cracking down on fare evasion by phasing out ‘no-tap’ gates at its subway stations. No-tap gates automatically open for certain eligible customers, rather than having a TTC collector manually open the gate after a fare has been paid. The first location to see the changes will be the Sheppard subway station, followed by a phased-in system-wide rollout of the policy, TTC said. “As the TTC continues to tackle unacceptable levels of fare cheating, we are phasing out the ‘no tap’ gates at our subway stations – and it starts today with stations on Line 4 Sheppard,” the TTC said in a Sept. 9 post on the X platform....