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Riders, advocates urge inquiry after DDOT installs metal detectors, limits seating at Rosa Parks and Hargrove centers
Summary
Transit riders and advocacy groups told the Detroit council’s Public Health and Safety committee that private security and metal detectors at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers are barring people from using indoor waiting areas, potentially harming seniors, people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness and deterring transit use.
Public commenters pressed the Detroit City Council’s Public Health and Safety committee on June 16 to investigate new security measures at two major Detroit Department of Transportation facilities, saying private security and metal detectors have been accompanied by instructions that riders may not sit inside the centers.
Joel Batterman, campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United, told the committee that metal detectors now screen every person entering the indoor portion of the Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers and that security personnel have told riders…
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