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Metro's board of directors declared an emergency Thursday to speed up the building of enclosed barriers for drivers.Metro reports that assaults on operators have increased since 2019. A bus driver was attacked in Willowbrook earlier this month.The agency aims to have retrofitted all their buses by the end of the year. The board of directors also agreed to explore increasing safety measures at Metro train stations after a woman was stabbed and killed earlier this week.
The emergency condition allows Metro to quickly retrofit their bus fleets to install barriers made out of tempered glass. That type of safety glass will splinter instead of shatter when struck upon with force. Additional data shows that there is a nationwide trend of an increase in assaults on transit vehicles or bus operators. Thereports that on average from 2008 to 2021, there were 192 assaults on transit vehicles. And further analysis from the Urban Institute reveals that major assaults on transit workersJohn Ellis serves as a representative for six local chapters under the SMART-TD Union that accounts for over 5,000 bus and rail operators who work for the MTA.
Metro's executive board also agreed to explore additional safety measures at Metro stations including more security cameras, the use of facial recognition technology and fare gates.
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