L.A. Blue Line Gets New Safety Funds

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WhoozOn1st

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L.A. County transit officials OK more funds for Blue Line safety

http://www.latimes.c...0,2244296.story

"After a Blue Line task force came up with several ideas to improve safety, the Metro board budgeted the money Thursday for more barriers, sidewalk improvements, new types of electric signs, better lighting around crossings, suicide prevention signs and audible warning devices, among other things.

"Another factor fueling the safety changes were the results of a survey that showed that hundreds of Metro transit workers have concerns about their on-the-job safety. While most of the workers gave Metro high marks for safety, nearly half of the respondents still reported that they had had a close call that could have killed them or seriously injured someone."

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I wish them luck, but without dracoinian changes, there probably won't be big permament improvements. Video surveillance has shown numerious willful safety violations on this right-of-way every day, This is even when LASD TSB has put task forces in places to reduce the the problem and cited hundreds of people.
 
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