{"id":922,"date":"2026-06-01T19:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:08:53","slug":"officials-crack-down-on-dc-metrobus-fare-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"Officials Crack Down On DC Metrobus Fare Evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Police have begun cracking down on people evading Washington, D.C., metro bus fares, resulting in almost 400 citations and five arrests between May 24 and May 28, according to a senior official.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=920\">Graham Platner Bails On Interview With Friendly Media Outlet Amid Sexting Scandal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager Randy Clarke spoke May 28 alongside Montgomery County District 4 Councilmember Kate Stewart and other officials about WMATA\u2019s efforts to stop fare evasion. This comes after the organization estimated that they lost over $50 million thanks to fare evasion on both the Metrobus and Metrorail in the 2025, fiscal year, Capitol News Service reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have uniform presence out a lot more,\u201d\u00a0 Clarke said. \u201cThe chief and his team are going to be flooding the bus system. And that means we\u2019re probably going to be a little light on the rail system, but we\u2019re still going to make sure the rail system is safe. With that said, we\u2019re also adding a lot of our management team out here. Obiously that\u2019s not sustainable long term, but we are kind of blitzing the system over the following weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_cHDo8hiFY?feature=oembed\" title=\"Nearly 400 CITATIONS issued under Metro's new bus fare EVASION crackdown\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WMATA made million-dollar investments in station gate upgrades, but officials have said the investments have paid off, according to Fox5. Fare evasion on the rail system sits at just 4.8%, which is an 82% decline. However, the Metro bus system faced 69.4% fare evasion, according to data revealed at a Metro meeting May 14. <strong>(RELATED: Trump\u2019s DC Crackdown Wipes Out Homeless Encampments)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to be out in force, enforcing fares,\u201d Clarke said, referring to law enforcement actions. \u201cWe prefer to have no citations. We prefer to not remove someone from a bus. We definitely don\u2019t want it to escalate to an arrest, but we will enforce the fares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=918\">How Extensive Has Trump\u2019s DC Beautification Been? We Have The Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople will pay the fare, or they will be taken off the bus. If they refuse to comply with the officer, they will be arrested. They\u2019re not going to be arrested for fare evasion, they\u2019re going to be arrested for failure to comply or other things. Since we launched this campaign on Sunday, we\u2019ve had almost 400 citations on bus and we\u2019ve arrested five people with outstanding warrants,\u201d Clarke told the press.<\/p>\n<p>In Maryland and Virginia, fare evasion can count as a crime, whereas in Washington, D.C., it is a civil offense, according to WMATA webpage updated as of May 16. Fare evaders may incur fines of up to $50 in D.C. and up to $100 in Maryland or Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Clarke gave an example of how they will target fare evasion. \u201cAn officer might be in a patrol car watching cameras on the bus in real time, and then there\u2019s an officer at a stop further up. They will then radio to that officer and say, \u2018These four people didn\u2019t pay.\u2019 That [officer] hits that bus stop. They\u2019ll remove them,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe are going to be very innovative. I think this is the first in the country to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=916\">Cali Gov\u2019t Workers Who Never Came Back After COVID Argue Going Into An Office Is Bad For The Environment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have begun cracking down on people evading Washington, D.C., metro bus fares, resulting in a wave of citations and arrests, an official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1273,1329,151],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-bus","tag-metro","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Officials Crack Down On DC Metrobus Fare Evasion - 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