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Transit riders, advocacy groups press Detroit committee to investigate metal detectors and denied shelter at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove centers
Summary
Riders and transit advocates told the Public Health & Safety Committee that private security and new metal-detector policies at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers are preventing people from waiting inside, deterring transit use and risking heat- and cold-related harm for seniors and people with disabilities; the committee signaled it will raise the issue with DDOT during contract discussions.
Public comment at the Detroit City Council’s Public Health & Safety Standing Committee meeting on June 16 centered on complaints that security measures at the city’s major transit hubs are excluding riders who need to shelter from heat and cold.
“Metal detectors are cool, but to tell people they can’t sit down” inside the Rosa Parks Transit Center is unacceptable, said Michael Cunningham during in-person public comment, urging council staff to send someone to test enforcement without a council badge. Joel Batterman, campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United, said private security are searching everyone who enters and that the measures may criminalize…
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