Isn’t Metro’s current plan to start more heavily enforcing fare evasion pretty soon, though? Isn’t that why they have all those signs up now with the fines for each jurisdiction listed, so that they can give people notice that greater enforcement is coming before it actually does?

I haven’t been following this closely enough to know exactly what Metro’s plan is. But imo if I have it right, that seems like a pretty solid plan to me. Give people adequate notice about a change in enforcement and then hold them accountable.