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Council presses for faster rollout of transit security after Metro driver’s fatal stabbing
Summary
After the fatal stabbing of Metro bus driver Sean Yim, councilmembers used the Jan. 6 briefing to call for protective barriers, faster use of 2025 budgeted funds for transit security and a regional approach to operator safety.
Councilmembers used a Jan. 6 briefing to renew calls for immediate, operational changes to transit security after the fatal stabbing of Metro operator Sean Yim and to press county and regional partners for coordinated action.
Councilmember Rob Saka, chair of the Transportation Committee, said the council last year appropriated $2,000,000 for transit safety: roughly $1,000,000 to expand transit ambassadors and social‑work supports and $1,000,000 for contracted transit security including extra patrols. “We appropriated that money … to be spent in 2025,” Saka said, adding…
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