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What’s stopping them?

Two videos shared on social media by6ixbuzzTV show apparent instances of mass fare evasion on the TTC. Together, the videos had garnered nearly 1 million views and thousands of comments as of Friday night.

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In one of the videos, dozens of people rush Presto turnstiles at what appears to be the Runnymede subway station, vaulting over them without paying.

The second video shows a large group of people flood through the back door of a TTC bus and appear not to pay. An individual is heard in the video saying: “F— the TTC,” before boarding.

“Fare evasion is a major problem,” Jaye Robinson, TTC Chair, told the Toronto Sun.

Riders refusing to pay their fares cost the municipal transit agency $61 million in 2018 alone, according to a February 2019 Toronto Auditor General’s report.

Transit officials implemented a campaign in May 2019 meant to stop fare evaders by fining them up to $425. However, fines vary for different offences: Outright refusal to pay a fare yields a $195 fine.