Re: Select Bus Service ticket... still confuse riders

It is correct to say that a person with an unlimited card has not engaged in fare evasion, when failing to tender that card to get a receipt, because that person has, in fact, paid the correct fare (that is, the $112 for 30 days usage). However, the NYCTA rule relating to fare evasion, 21 NYCRR § 1050.4(a), defines two separate violations. First, a person entering a conveyance without the payment of the fare (this being a traditional "fare evasion" violation). Second, a person entering a conveyance without "tender of other valid fare media used in accordance with any conditions and restrictions imposed by the Authority." Such conditions and restrictions are then specified in more detail in section V of the NYCTA tariff (which, unfortunately, NYCTA does not make readily available on its website), stating: "Passengers using Select Bus Service with off-board fare collection must pay or validate their fare and obtain a valid proof-of-payment receipt prior to boarding the Select Bus Service bus. So the violation would not be "fare evasion" but rather "failure to tender other valid fare media."