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Riders, advocates urge Detroit council to probe metal detectors and seating bans at transit centers
Summary
A string of public commenters told the Public Health & Safety Committee that private security at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers is searching riders, preventing them from sitting indoors and discouraging use; advocates asked council to hold a hearing and review DDOT practices.
Community advocates and transit riders implored the Detroit Public Health & Safety Standing Committee on June 16 to investigate recently installed metal detectors and new restrictions on indoor seating at the Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers.
"Metal detectors have been installed at each location," Joel Batterman, campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United, told the committee. "Security personnel have been telling riders that they cannot wait for their bus indoors despite areas designed for that purpose." Batterman said the measures "criminalize transit riders and reinforce the perception that transit is unsafe."
Multiple other callers and…
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