[Senator Clay Davis]

They can charge whatever they want, all its going to do is increase the fine revenue they collect. Until they actually do a better job of enforcing by actually having the transit cops checking tickets more frequently, people are still going to do it. Its been 6 months straight of riding the train for me, still only seen 1 officer. Doing the math at $2.75 a ride 40 times a month (2 rides/day), thats $660 in rides paid. If you skip paying, you have to get caught 3 times and you're still only down $90 if you do. I think a lot of people will still continue to skip on the fares because its still a worthwhile risk. Enforce it better and then I think you'd see more fare revenue collected.