Inspectors on Tashkent buses are catching fare dodgers much more often
From 1 January to 9 November, 146,537 passengers were caught travelling without paying on Tashkent's public transport. Almost one in five cases recorded in January–October came in October alone.
The figures were released by the Transport Ministry.
In January–October, 138,780 reports were filed for fare evasion under Article 144 of the Code of Administrative Liability. Of these, 25,596, or 18.4%, were in October.
The pace has continued in November: another 7,757 fare dodgers were caught on 1–9 November, about 862 a day on average.
The ministry links the rise in recorded violations to stepped-up inspections by the Tashkent Passenger Transport Monitoring and Control Department. At the same time, passengers are being shown how to use electronic payment, as public transport is moving to a fully electronic fare system.
In the spring, it was reported that tens of thousands of fare dodgers had been caught in Tashkent since the start of the year. And in the summer it emerged that bus fares would have to be paid on boarding.
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