The action or practice of travelling on public transport without paying the required fare.
there were posters on the bus about fare dodging and I began to get a guilty conscience
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Train companies need to take a firm but fair approach to fare dodging because unfortunately there will always be people who try to get away without paying.
Commuters in the north west said they were more likely to intervene if they saw an incident of physical abuse or theft, rather than fare-dodging.
Extra officers will travel on trams to stamp out anti-social behaviour and fare dodging, Metrolink has announced.
First Great Western encountered its worst fare-dodging problems around the time of the Glastonbury Festival last year.
One easy way to reduce fare-dodging from the current 2.2 % of journeys to virtually nothing is simplicity itself: reintroduce bus conductors.
Complaints from season ticket holders about lack of enforcement action by rail staff to stop fare-dodging were rising, he said.
Some passengers feel it would cut down on vandalism, fare dodging and rowdy behaviour if there was another person on board to help the driver, especially at night.
While we support cracking down on deliberate fare-dodging, if is unfair to victimise passengers who have made an honest attempt to buy their ticket before boarding.
Public transport is cheap and no one seems to ever check your ticket, but in a country where the transport police carry guns, I don't recommend fare dodging.
The problem with fare-dodging is that in the long run it ends up costing all of us.