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Posts in Category: Safety

What to know about using Text for Safety

Posted by Joshua Nichols | April 3, 2025

If you're on transit and need to report an emergency or in-progress crime, you should always call or text 911 right away. If you feel uncomfortable or see something suspicious, you can use our Text for Safety service and receive a nearly [...]

From GM Lesley Kandaras From the GM Safety Safety and Security Action Plan

Listening Sessions Tour: Invaluable conversations help shape public safety on transit, service

Posted by | Sep. 3, 2024

Thank you to everyone who shared valuable feedback with leaders during our second Listening Sessions Tour (August 16-26, 2024). At each stop along the way, we heard valuable feedback about our ongoing efforts to improve public safety on transit. [...]

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Metro Transit leaders invite you to second Listening Sessions Tour

Posted by | Aug. 1, 2024

Let's keep the conversation going! Following our inaugural Listening Sessions Tour earlier this year, Metro Transit leaders are holding another round of public listening sessions at six METRO Blue and Green line stations. General Manager [...]

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Moving together toward a safer transit system

| June 23, 2022

From General Manager Wes Kooistra and Interim Chief Rick Grates This week, we took an important step forward in our effort to create a safer and more welcoming transit system for our riders, our employees, and the communities we serve. The [...]

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Cameras provide real-time look into light rail vehicles

| June 15, 2022

When a passenger was assaulted on a light rail vehicle this spring, it didn’t take long for supervisors in Metro Transit’s Rail Control Center to hear about it – or see it. Alerted by the train operator, rail supervisors pulled up live video [...]

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