FARE EVASION AND AUTOMATIC TICKET COLLECTION ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND (FROM CRIME PREVENTION STUDIES, VOLUME 1, P 135-146, 1993, RONALD V CLARKE, ED. -- SEE NCJ-144593)

• NCJ Number: 144599
• Author(s): R V Clarke
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 12 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

In 1989, a new ticket issuing and collection system, including automatic gates at 63 busy central stations, was brought into full operation on the London Underground, and one of the system's main objectives, reduced fare evasion, appears to have been achieved.

Abstract

The impact of the Underground Ticketing System (UTS) on fare evasion was studied in two separate analyses, both of which used data maintained by London Underground Limited. In the first analysis, the results of annual fare evasion surveys conducted during UTS introduction were examined. In the second analysis, information on ticket sales was analyzed for two stations outside the central zone which had recently been fitted with automatic gates. The results of before-and-after surveys showed that fare evasion was reduced by two-thirds with UTS and that additional revenues generated would pay for the cost of installing automatic gates. The analysis of ticket sales also indicated that automatic gates were cost-effective in terms of reduced fare evasion. Further research is recommended to identify other high-risk stations where the installation of automatic gates might be cost-effective. 12 references, 4 notes, and 3 tables