Opinion: Until Metro feels safer, many readers say they're staying away from transit in L.A. (via latimesopinion )
As someone who was for years a daily transit rider and encouraged anyone and everyone to try L.A.’s buses and trains, I am pained to admit that, yes, using Metro has become a more unnerving experience since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That sad reality was reflected in Times reporter Rachel Uranga’s article offering a
No one checks for fare payment anymore, and police presence on the trains is almost nonexistent. An occasional pair of cops yapping to each other on a platform is not a crime deterrent on the trains. Our future lies in public transportation. Let’s support the system and encourage people to use it. Yes, you have to keep your wits about you, but it’s far less challenging than negotiating the freeway.I moved to L.A. from Detroit in 2007 and was pleased with the prospects of public transit. I have ridden every mile of rail and plenty of buses.
To describe the Metro system as a space completely abandoned to criminals and drug users is to dismiss the thousands of people I ride the train with every day — working people, students and, yes, even tourists.
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