Freeloaders
Freeloaders
Fare evaders or ‘Freeloaders’ still cost us around $51m per year and that’s money we could use to improve the system for everyone.
PTV works with operators to increase fare compliance, with more checks at stations and stops across all modes, more plain clothes enforcement and improved bus driver vigilance.
The ‘Freeloaders’ education campaign, launched in March 2014, complements and strengthens these actions across the network. ‘Freeloaders’ highlights the risk of being caught travelling without a valid ticket as well as the anxiety and worry felt by fare evaders when they are freeloading on the public transport network.
The October fare compliance survey found that 94.1 per cent of customers are paying for their travel. This is the highest fare compliance rate since surveys began in 2005.
With the recent addition of 70 Multi-Modal Authorised Officers, there’s now in excess of 600 Officers covering the entire Victorian public transport network. Their job is to manage fare compliance by checking tickets, while in uniform and when wearing plain clothes. They’re focusing on fare evasion hot spots and areas of high patronage.
More information about Authorised Officers
Freeloaders caught travelling without a valid ticket face a $223 fine.
In August 2014, PTV introduced On-the-spot Penalty Fares. Passengers who are intercepted by metropolitan Authorised Officers without a valid ticket may be given the option of paying an On-the-spot Penalty Fare of $75.
Fare evaders or ‘Freeloaders’ still cost us around $51m per year and that’s money we could use to improve the system for everyone.
PTV works with operators to increase fare compliance, with more checks at stations and stops across all modes, more plain clothes enforcement and improved bus driver vigilance.
The ‘Freeloaders’ education campaign, launched in March 2014, complements and strengthens these actions across the network. ‘Freeloaders’ highlights the risk of being caught travelling without a valid ticket as well as the anxiety and worry felt by fare evaders when they are freeloading on the public transport network.
The October fare compliance survey found that 94.1 per cent of customers are paying for their travel. This is the highest fare compliance rate since surveys began in 2005.
With the recent addition of 70 Multi-Modal Authorised Officers, there’s now in excess of 600 Officers covering the entire Victorian public transport network. Their job is to manage fare compliance by checking tickets, while in uniform and when wearing plain clothes. They’re focusing on fare evasion hot spots and areas of high patronage.
More information about Authorised Officers
Freeloaders caught travelling without a valid ticket face a $217 fine.
In August 2014, PTV introduced On-the-spot Penalty Fares. Passengers who are intercepted by metropolitan Authorised Officers without a valid ticket may be given the option of paying an On-the-spot Penalty Fare of $75.
