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Transit systems are building stronger, better security gates to avoid fare skippers.
St. Louis-area MetroLink has begun adding 8-foot ( 2.4-meter ) metal gates to ensure customers can't enter the platform without a valid fare card.
Assaults and homicides on public transit roughly doubled between 2011 and 2023 .
People who didn't pay a fare accounted for nearly 94% of those arrested for violent crimes on the Los Angeles Metro .
Gate improvements already had been part of Chicago Transit Authority's plan to bolster security at L stations.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in Philadelphia estimates it loses as much as $68 million annually due to fare evasion.
Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco has had fare gates since it opened in 1972 , but until 2018 an officer had to witness someone evading a fare to write a ticket.
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