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Friday, December 27, 2019

Candidate for Baltimore City Council calls for fare-free #publictransit

@ElectRyanDorsey

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Fare-enforcement targets poor, non-white, disabled riders

But the MTA system is not perfect. The ticketing machines frequently malfunction. And from my vantage point riding the light rail several times a week, MTA police seem to target the poor, African Americans and disabled with fines they are unable to pay.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-1226-baltimore-mta-public-transportation-20191225-s2lpbhbvojgqlaazwwfm6ud2mu-story.html 
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