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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to make fare evasion on public transit a minor misdemeanor, which carries no threat of jail time, and the possibility of a fine up to $25.
Transit advocates, including the group Clevelanders for Public Transit, have been pushing for years for a change to the city’s fare evasion ordinance. They say that fare evasion should be treated the same way as parking tickets, which carry small fines and no criminal penalties. City Council’s approval of the law change, which also backed by Mayor Justin Bibb, is largely a symbolic one, with few, if any, real-world consequences. That’s because the RTA police department does not issue citations under the city’s code. It instead cites individuals under a parallel criminal charge in state law, which remains a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
Last year, it cited 16 people, all of whom were charged with other offenses in addition to fare evasion, Gettings said. That’s about one citation for every million rides RTA provides, he added.
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