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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Metro in DC is bad too. On two separate occasions kids tried to rob a person and after a scuffle finding out the victim is a FBI agent going to work. A government employee, minding his own business, taking the Metro to work gets picked on. 
Yeah, I would say crime is really bad in DC and on the Metro. [/quote]

Yep.  I have 2 friends who used to use metro in the past to commute, but when things started to get worse they are driving.  One of them attempted to use the Metro with RTO and had been confronted by what you describe on the first day..  entitled teenagers acting “thuggy” trying to start a confrontation.

I don’t even know how to address this, it’s a culture that’s been created over the past few years that changed the behaviors.  Exact same happened in NYC with mentally ill and thugs assaulting people and pushing them into subway tracks and down stairs for no reason.  [b]Now there is police on every platform.[/b] [/quote]

The Metro needs to have the police presence it had after 9/11 for 5-10 years until things get much safer. I’m talking about cops with bullet proof vests and M-16s, not security guards with reflective vests. [b]We need to make the Metro safe to ride again so more people will ride it.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, unfortunately you need enforcement of all laws constantly. Which requires a well staffed well trained police force…  but they have huge shortages.  Buses in the area say “fare required”, but what they mean is “law abiding hard working people must pay, and more every year”, while everyone who feels “thuggy”, or is otherwise unwilling or unable can ride for free all day long, getting into paying customers’ faces, because we will do NOTHING.  Now this might happen on an isolated line in the middle of the night in other parts of the world, too, but here it is expected, and in broad daylight. [/quote]

What exactly do you want Metro to do? Bus drivers are not law enforcement nor should they be expected to be. At any given time there are hundreds of buses on the road and it would be completely unfeasible to have a police officer aboard every one. Not to mention you'd be the first to complain if they did and your fare went up a single cent. [/quote]

The same way we enforce literally any other crime - the fear of being caught and prosecuted needs to be high enough to deter bad behavior. That means arresting a small number of people to use as examples.[/quote]

MTPD has been conducting high-profile fare enforcement initiatives for like a year now. What a surprise, a paranoid crime junkie is completely misinformed yet still spouting off at the mouth like they've got a clue.[/quote]

Also, NOTHING Trump has said indicates that he's going to do something useful like improve fare enforcement.[/quote]

Students who live and go to school in DC ride free. So who are the fare jumpers?[/quote]

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