#public-transit-safety

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from48 hills
1 day ago

Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job - 48 hills

Allowing Uber, Lyft, and Waymo on mid‑Market Street would slow Muni, reduce safety, and reverse the life‑saving benefits of the car‑free Better Market Street policy.
fromThe Oaklandside
1 week ago

BART crime plummets, police report says

BART saw a 36% fall in violent crime and a 50% fall in property crime year‑over‑year in the first seven months, with robberies sharply down.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Woman, 18, gunned down on Metro bus near LAX; suspect flees scene

An 18-year-old woman was fatally shot on a Metro Line 115 bus near LAX after an altercation and pepper spray deployment; suspect remains unidentified.
fromSan Jose Inside
1 week ago

Deputies Arrest Man After Knife Attack on VTA Bus Driver

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputies on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old man on assault charges after a vicious slashing attack on a Valley Transit Authority bus driver in South San Jose. Deputies reported that just after 7 a.m. on Aug. 20 at Blossom Hill Road and Hillview Avenue in San Jose, a VTA bus driver reported that he had been attacked after asking a rider to stop repeatedly pulling the stop-request cord.
California
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