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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I'm too lazy to look deeply into it, but are you sure there is a causal link to that full increase?
A very quick google tells me they were installed circa 2011 contemporaneously with the smart-card rollout. And this is shortly after the Canada Line opened (more ridership). + population increase. + presumably fare increases.
The article I found said they estimated $7M per year in fare evasion (albeit before the installations)...in a bigger city.
The other thing is that not all fare-evaders will automatically buy a ticket; them not using the service is probably a net benefit, but the increased revenue is probably lower.
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So it sounds like they decided to put them in in 2011 but install took awhile (including because of issues).
According to this article
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...rking-out/amp/
A city councillor estimated half of the ~$40MM was from better collection, noting that the system more than paid for itself.
I think an estimate of $7MM underpayment with an actual of around $20MM suggests the estimates aren't very accurate, an issue I think is likely in Calgary as well.