Los Angeles’s Transit System Declares Public Safety Emergency Amid Escalating Violence

Published on April 27, 2024

LOS ANGELES—Following a spate of shockingly violent attacks on Metro buses and trains in recent weeks, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority—better known as Metro— declared a public safety emergency April 25 and hastened plans to retrofit its entire fleet of buses with shatter-proof glass compartments to protect drivers, while increasing other safety and surveillance measures. John M. Ellis, General Chairman of  a union representing 5,000 Metro train and bus operators, said the approval came after “countless hurdles.” “We have reached a critical milestone,” Mr. Ellis said in a statement. “It can’t happen fast enough.” A bus awaits passengers in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times) The board authorized around $5 million to have its 2,000 buses retrofitted with tempered-glass compartments by the end of December....

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