Shayan Raji says that in the past he's been let on TTC vehicles without pay full fare. Richard Lautens / Toronto Star ) Order this photoMayor John Tory says he wasn’t serious when he suggested publicly shaming TTC fare cheats, but his comments have reopened the debate on an important issue for the cash-strapped transit agency — is fare evasion on the rise? Tory raised eyebrows Monday night when, during his regulartelevision call-in show on CP24, he revealed that he had pitched a novel method of cracking down on fare evasion to TTC brass. Asked Tuesday morning about his comments, Tory said that he was “musing” and wasn’t intent on carrying out the plan. “I don’t know about on the rise, but it’s always been there,” said Shayan Raji.

Source: thestar November 23, 2016 01:04 UTC