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You're welcome to come by and see them anytime, selxic. There seem to be a concentration of law-breakers who enter and exit at the RIA station. I don't know as many of them live exactly in the neighborhood, as it is a major bus hub and I see many of them take the bus away from the station, but it just happens to be particularly bad there. The station needs substantially more and more frequent police presence, as fare-jumping, fighting, drinking alcohol, smoking, littering, and defacing property (ads, shelters) is rather common.

Mostly teenage males, but I've seen older and younger folks, and girls as well. The youngest I've ever seen jump a fare was probably a girl of around 8 or 9 (who knew exactly what she was doing as she waited for the station manager to turn his back and then raced through the emergency exit). I've also had the displeasure of riding in with a group of youths (male and female) who I'd guess to be between 13 and 15 who were openly drinking in the rail car, lit up cigarettes as soon as they got off the train, and then just blew through the emergency gate in full view of the station manager. He just shrugged at me and said "I don't need to get jumped." I don't necessarily blame him. Those are just a few memorable incidents. Only good policing will solve the problem, and I have little faith in Metro to execute that.

by Ms. D on Jul 9, 2012 5:00 pm • link • report