Mr Prince’s claim refers to the fact that the Met announced in May last year that they had stopped their “involvement in supporting Transport for London fare evasion operations”, after a Met officer was convicted of assaulting a woman as she was wrongly accused of bus fare evasion.
Sadiq Khan: Increased penalty fines are 'effective deterrent' and reducing Tube fare dodging Sir Sadiq Khan has hailed the impact of increased penalty fines for fare dodging, saying that the measure is working as an “effective deterrent”.
In a further written answer on the topic of fare dodging, Sir Sadiq told the Assembly: “Fare evasion steals vital revenue from TfL and denies Londoners of investment in a safe, frequent and reliable transport service.
Between April 2023 and March 2024, fare evasion across the TfL network stood at an estimated 3.8 per cent of all journeys, the mayor said in answer to a written question from a London Assembly member last month.
The mayor also insisted that fare evasion on London’s transport network remains “lower than many comparable cities in Europe and North America”, while admitting it “denies Londoners of investment in a safe, frequent and reliable transport service”.
