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Transit riders and advocates tell Detroit committee metal detectors deny people access to transit centers
Summary
Transit riders and advocacy groups told the Public Health & Safety Committee that private security and new metal detectors at the Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers are forcing people to wait outside, risking seniors and people with disabilities and chilling ridership; advocates urged an inquiry and alternatives to current screening.
Transit riders and advocates urged Detroit city officials on Monday to reconsider security policies that they say bar people from waiting indoors at two major transit centers. At the Public Health & Safety Standing Committee’s public-comment session, multiple speakers described private-security screenings at the Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove centers and said guards are preventing riders from sitting inside the buildings even when spaces were designed for that purpose.
"They're not allowing people to sit down," said Michael Cunningham, whose in-person comment kicked off a series of statements on the issue. "If they're not causing problems,…
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