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Riders and advocates tell Detroit committee metal detectors and private security bar people from sitting inside transit centers
Summary
Transit riders and advocates told the Public Health & Safety Committee that private security and metal-detector screening at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers are preventing people from waiting indoors, risking seniors and people with disabilities and discouraging transit use; the committee said it will raise the concerns with DDOT during agenda items and quarterly updates.
Public commenters at the Detroit City Council Public Health & Safety Standing Committee on June 16 urged the city to review recent security measures at two downtown transit hubs, saying private security searches and a ban on indoor waiting have made centers less accessible for riders.
"They're not allowing people to sit down on the inside," said Michael Cunningham during the committee's public-comment period, describing repeated incidents at the Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers after metal detectors were installed. Joel Batterman, campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United, told the committee that private security screening is being used at both sites and that security personnel told riders they could not wait inside the facilities.
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