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All door boarding soon; 10 more fare inspectors

The board of supervisors will vote before July 1 to approve all door boarding on Muni’s buses. Riders will have to tag Clipper when boarding the rear of the bus,  provide proof of payment, or suffer a $100 citation. As part of the plan, 10 more fare inspectors will be hired, costing the agency $700k. The upside is big, however, since all door boarding could boost service speed by 1 mph, a savings of $76m a year.

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  • Reed

    I have a good guess what the salary of a fare inspector is… If their full-time job is to go around and fine people without passes, it seems like they should vastly more than make up their salaries in fines at $100/pop. When this paragraph says “costing the agency $700k,” does that imply that the citations do not go back into Muni, or that the income from citations is simply not factored in?

  • http://twitter.com/pdx6 Paradox Six

    Fines from inspectors go back to the SFMTA, not the general city fund. Keep in mind that these employees also have pension and healthcare, which is expensive.