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Transit riders and advocates press Detroit council over metal detectors and loss of waiting space at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove centers
Summary
Riders and transit advocates told the Public Health and Safety Committee that private security and newly installed metal detectors at Rosa Parks and Jason Hargrove transit centers are keeping people from sitting inside and chilling ridership; council members said they would raise questions with DDOT and may invite the director to a future session.
Riders, advocates and several callers told the Detroit Public Health and Safety Standing Committee on June 16 that new security measures at two downtown transit centers are preventing people from using indoor waiting areas and are chilling ridership.
"Denying transit riders access to a warm or air conditioned space to wait for their buses ... is outrageous," Joel Batterman, campaigns manager for Transportation Riders United, told the committee during public comment. Batterman and other speakers said private security at…
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