Los Angeles Metro official says she's 'afraid ... will not ride'
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2024
- A Los Angeles Metro official says she is "afraid" and will not ride on the city's public transportation system.
This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on April 26, 2024.
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What good is technology when criminals don't pay for their crimes....
Yes.
“They’re going to ban problematic individuals”? Only in spirit, no real life enforcement…
Exactly
FACTS!
Right. They are focused on recording the crime but doing nothing to prevent it.
The transit system is absolutely useless if riders can’t be safe😢
my friend is still going to work, so he doesn't have too much a choice xP
these public leaders have never took public transport in their lives.
They did one time. That's why they'll never ride it again. Smart.
I haven't taken an RTD or MTA bus since I got my driver's license in the 90s.
neither do i.
It’s sad that even the lady Metro Board member admitted she is afraid to take the metro.
Maybe when you arrest criminals you should keep them in jail.
That's crazy talk !
thanks racist for outing yourself.
Those criminals are somehow the victim 🤷🏻♂️. SMH
@@tohopes He said no hint or word about that. Apparently this has taken over you and occupies your head.
What a crazy concept!!
It's like letting crazy drug addicts live on the streets has consequences.
The Metro trains and busses are basically rolling asylums here in Los Angeles. No wonder nobody wants to ride them.
They took away people’s ability to protect themselves. What do you expect? Lol.
And open border
We need to force every single one of those board members to ride Metro day in and day out starting with Karen Bass.
Yes, and the should ride the lines that go through the hood too, not the ones in the San Gabriel Valley!
I rode the bus and trolley as a kid... 11-13 y/o. TODAY? ?? My kids will never be on public transit.
WEAK california justice, if ANY!
I used to like the Gold Line. That stopped about eight years ago. Never again. I'll pay $20/gal for gas before I ride Metro. My safety is more important.
move then and stop crying.
Meh, kids still ride the bus and train nowadays, and probably before and will continue to. I will also continue to.
We just cruise the ol'V8 Chevy!
@@Potato-so6zr Great. Just make sure they change their pants before they sit on the sofa or the bad. You don't want ecoli or scabies from riding the toilet on rails.
it smells terrible in those trains .Body odor , urine. and cigarettes.
Don't forget meth, crack and weed smell.
Facts.
Expo line doesn’t.
@benmartinez8443 they protect that one cuz it's new. It's just a matter of time.
Ugh, I bet it does.
Great, the driver gets bulletproof glass, but the passengers are on their own. I quit riding in those stinking homeless hotels years ago, and I don't have a car. "STOP REQUESTED, PLEASE USE REAR EXITS. BLA BLA BLA" at 120 decibels, every thirty seconds. Torture!!
Homeless shouldn't be riding the buses and staying in train stations.
The B line is Skid Row on wheels.
Reality check KTLA 5, crime is not going down... It's only continuing to rise!
Crimes is going down because people lose faith in reporting because nothing will change!😂
Just redefine what "crime" is, that's how they skew the numbers.
Why does LA have this problem? The rest of the country (including the entire state of CA) violent crime is decreasing. So it's not a state mandate or law here. It's something else.
@@ShelterDogsthe governor of New York has put the National Guard on the subway system for security. Not solely an LA problem.
KTLA is propaganda.
Letting drug addicts run a city is baffling. The homeless issue has gotten out of hand.
The problem is that judges in America will release the criminals with no bail back to the streets with no consequences
Sounds like Metro is an utter failure. Imagine the risks kids take going to school on public transit...
Had enough? Vote NO to re-elect DA Gascon.
Hopefully, Nathan Hochman takes over as DA. These Angelenos need to wake up!
How about protecting the people who ride it. Not just the drivers.
Kathryn barger LA county board of supervisor of the 5th district. Is the only republican on the board and on the mta board. That should tell you that the dems will never own up to their wrong doings.
The Dems. have become Anarcho-Tyrannists
Even though I don't vote Republican, I did vote for her to keep her seat.
@@Eugene-pt5lu Might I suggest you vote policy, not party. Voting Blue, no matter who, has got this country into deep trouble.
@@pinoygal6232 That works both ways.
@@pethomas Nope, not if you are voting on policies, not party.
Keep your cars! Metro train not safe. Carbon footprint be damned
Fire her.
These Metro Board Members will ONLY ride the Buses/Trains with ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT! 🤬
This has been going on for decades. The only thing new is that they are finally about to do something about it.
Or the leaders talk about it but never actually do anything to change it.
Have better programs that help with drug addiction. Give people an incentive to get sober & be productive members of society.
Have better programs to deal with mental health.
And finally, keep violent offenders in prison. And get rid of the trash DAs that think it's okay to let the guy with a lengthy criminal history back onto the streets.
Everyone needs to arm up and stay vigilant, it's a warzone out there!
Lol go to the east coast that's a REAL WAR ZONE.
Men on the west
coast pick on the weak
Newsom needs to declare state of emergency for LA and have the national guard placed there.
We managed the 80's and 90's without the National Guard. Must you be so dramatic?
Newsom wants it that way.
Begging for your own enslavement is the Ju plan - just like the convid scam -
@@Eugene-pt5lu You may have, but not everyone has managed.
He won't do it. It will be admitting his Democrat policies don't work.
I bet a lone policeman in uniform wouldn’t do it either
@@pigjubby1the thing is that if a cop shoot a suspect, the suspect’s family would sue the police department
So what they are concerned with is having people who are willing to drive the bus/train, NOT the people who ride them.
This is what gascon law does
A person who is in leadership in LA Metro should not be saying they won't use it. She is supposed to be providing solutions to make it safer.
Imagine a cook at a restaurant saying, "I wouldn't eat here" Would you still eat there?
Better she be honest.
@@bostonphotographer20 I'm just saying phrasing is everything. She could have said she's worried about her safety like others and offer solutions or suggestions to fix the issues.
To say she won't use it contradicts her being in a leadership position and she should resign in protest if they aren't doing enough to make it safe. Otherwise it's wrecking the brand. Why would you work for a company you don't believe in?
Imagine an airline pilot or better yet one of the top executives saying they don't feel safe flying their airline, yet remains with the company?
@@Mlogan11I mean what power does she really have,,, she is really powerless when the metro has access to the public… I mean she could put a police officer on every train but the cost would surge beyond anyone’s mind
😂😂 how can you be afraid of what you manage?
It aint safe, thats all.
I pack heat. I will be just fine in LA.
Until you use it and get charged for unlawful concealment or something? I am glad u pick safety tho
Exactly
How are those MTA ambassadors working out??? We need more police present in public transportation until our government/judicial officials start enforcing the law. Homeless folks with severe drug addiction or with severe mental illness definitely needs to be put away in an asylum for drug recovery for their own safety or the public.
Homelessness is big business in California. Which is why with even a higher budget the problem gets worse.
It took THIS long to do something?..
Window dressing in front of the cameras.
Last time I rode the metro was December of 2022. Once when I seen people smoking meth in the station and cops walk right by and not do nothing I knew this was the last time I ride the metro.
At least she is on record admitting that there's a big problem... lots of public officials don't have the guts to do that
My condolences goes out to the families who lost a loved one. Its a Mental health crisis.. Drug use.. Many people aren't bothered by these issues until it affects them some how. Pro-active instead of re-active.
Barger, you have NEVER even step foot on a Metro.
🎯💯
None of them by themselves, only with Armed Law Enforcement! 🤬
Writing the Metro isn't worth risking your life
Riding*
And they want to end private vehicle ownership and put us all onto public transportation.
Keep your car
@@jogmas12 but they are telling us how great it will be to give up your car and get on public transportation.
Kathryn Barger is the only one of these talking heads I believe is competent. The rest seem to do whatever it takes to stay in their seats and don't really care about their constituents.
The metro is bum central.
Huh creating a false sense of danger and providing over the top invasive privacy methods to solve it hmmmmmm
Being actually dead is hardly "false." What are you talking about? People have been shot and stabbed to death on these dangerous Metro buses and subways.
Control is their objective. Red China is nice and safe. Total control. Beg for it😊
@@MikeJones-wc4qj yes I need saving from big brother lol
What they have to do is to enforce the law
Is the same crazy/mean people who are doing their desmadre in the buses and metro
They are arrested but next day welcome back!!!!☹️
Sad!!!
Learned a new word, “desmadre”. Perfect description!
“I’m not afraid, to take the metro”
-Eminem
San Francisco is going through the same problems and the people that cause problems (criminals)are the ones that don't pay the fair to ride public transportation
Wait a minute, you mean to tell me there going to protect the bus driver but not the passengers who paid to ride the metro?
Sanitizing the Public is best. They can check for Germs while they screen you to ride the rail?
What about the passengers safey
It will only get worse when it’s all door boarding on buses in the fair becomes free again. You will have the homeless come on continue to do their drugs and drink their alcohol and bring their weapons on the bus.
Sheep being programmed for Observation.😅
💯
Virtual cavity search will be needed.😢
It's dangerous
LA citizens will have to start wearing armor
right down the street from me in Sherman Oaks women are getting punched in the head by some crazy man. So I have to get a helmet I guess?
Ban assault knives.
We need stricter knife laws
Kathryn Barber, I hope you don’t get fired for speaking up.
Thanks for telling the truth.
All of the sudden? I’ve been a metro rider for the past 20 years and have seen more than I should. Robberies, stabbings, drug use, homeless urinating and defecating on trains and busses. It took two stabbings in a week for them to realize there’s an issue.
They won’t even ride reality if that’s people making these decisions don’t even ride the metro or aware of the whole issue at hand.
create a problem, offer a solution. Both done by the same group . Face recognition cameras, etc ..
What are you up too news media?
Oh good instead of police funding we get facial tracking tech to just follow everyone 😂
Community is now seeking street justice...to make Metro more safe for Community.
When out in public..i don't trust anyone wearing a mask.
wow putting shields to protect drivers is really gonna make a difference yall only covering the holes but unless you address the main problem nothings gonna change what did 1 of the 300 safety ambassadors yall got do???
I've ridden the metro twice this year. First time my dad got hit in the head by a bicycle tire. Second time two guys almost started fighting and the conductor had to break them up. 😭
something ... something .. Scott Adams.
she should resign.
Something needs to be done we are losing our society due to this unlawful behavior
What a slum.. Its the people you house there!
I used to come to LA during the summer for vacation. No more.
Even if it was nice and clean, she won't use it anyway, who the f is she kidding.
The Metro in LA is even worse than taking the L in Chicago. That's saying something there.
Remember when you called us all sorts of names for saying defunding the police was a bad idea? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Crazy times we’re living in now on your way home from work and a mental case 💔
Good make that place like Area 51 it needs more security
What a sickening world we live in. So sad. I will avoid public transportation as much as possible. If I have to ride any I won't ride alone ever.
I lived in major cities such as Philadelphia, Birmingham, Dallas, El Paso etc and rode their public transportation . But of my years here in LA I have never. I’m scared and refuse to. I would rather spend $60 for a taxi or $20 with Lyft.
This is why I stay away from LA especially at night. I don’t take the bus or the train there at all!
This is just sad... Police needs to step up their game.
They haven’t ever been safe sans the first month they started operating
Ok but this isn’t directly a metro problem it’s a city problem .. a country problem. Crime is horrifically high with no repercussions
We spent billions... billions, but unwilling to maintain it and keep it safe for the public.
They should add police patrol overnight but unfortunately thats not in the budget
Los Angeles people need to rise up boycott any city services , carpool with others . Ride bikes do something. No one needs to die for a ride.
Then fire all these idiots and hire someone who is willing to do what it takes to protect the public.
I used to take the blue line to Long Beach for the Grand Prix once a year. I stopped 5 yrs. ago got to crazy. No place to pee. Also the traffic in LA I don’t drive there either. Los Angeles rocked in the 60s and got progressively worse over the years.
That isn't cool 🆘 Mom's need to be okay to travel publicly!
Tf what what about the passenger's the PUBLIC!!!!????
Security cameras as if they don’t have enough already to capture someone’s face who don’t care about their life or yours. Like make it make sense. 😩
Newsom needs to send the CHP and National Guard to LA.
All the common sense in the world can't stop them from voting Democrat.
Give me a break 😂 "I don't feel safe" as a New Yorker this is hilarious
So you think LA is still la la land and that we don’t have crime?!???
@@jogmas12 nothing compared to NYC subways
@@jaepesci1685 New York has way more Democrats.
@@pigjubby1 that's a fact
@@jaepesci1685 well it doesn’t matter whether if a murder happens on a subway in a city known for subways like NYC or in a small town in the midwest where a tram travels 2 miles back and forth down Main Street every day, a murder is a murder and people don’t feel safe regardless.
Metro officials have no right to say they won’t ride Metro because of crime. They’ve known about this for so long and turned a blind eye. Oh and take away the car from Metro officials. Force them to ride Metro with criminals and the insane. They better say they feel “safe” with a smile even if they have been robbed or attacked.
Oh, so this is not just in New York
The Metro got nothing compared to the NYC transit system
Wtf
Fare sweeps I get low income people ride public transportation and Metro shouldn’t make a big deal about enforcing fare payment to make sure riders paid but I think with all of the issues that have been going on and the craziness with the homeless enforcing fare sweeps might cut down on that and if people didn’t pay have officers escort them out it is $1.75 for every 2 hours most people can easily pay that they always say on the speaker system that it is going to be enforced but I never see them enforcing it I think that would kick a lot of the violent and crazy’s off the system of buses and trains simple fix just enforce fare payments I always pay my $1.75 with transfers for two hours and then after that have to pay again for the ride back. It goes to tax money to improve the streets or schools they can use the fare money in a good way. I think they should start to regular enforce the fare sweeps it is all talk but no action let’s see if that actual works to kick out a lot of the violent crazy’s who decided not to pay and then are kicked off.
That Board of Supervisors is chicken. The train from her office to Pasadena/SG is amazing and chill.
This is not new. Ten years ago while riding the Metro a passenger in back of me was stabbed in the gut and the victim just said "Hey dude, why'd you stab me?" The hooded assailant just got up and walked away. The bus driver exited to the sidewalk and started yelling, "I'm done! I'm not driving this damn bus any more !" The passengers just sat there as though it was no big deal. It was a horrible experience and I will never ride the Metro again. I was a visitor from out of town and not used to the big city experience.
This has a lot to do with housing, displacement, and the Los Angeles County not doing much about mental illness and homelessness. This took decades of neglect and lack of Planning.
Then it’s time to start finding another way of transportation lady !!!
The buses used to be safe. People changed. Ignoring the root causes, the technology won't do much good.
We need to fund the LAPD so they can hire more officers, get enough equipment to monitor and prevent crime. One officer per car and bus, metal detectors on every turn isle and cameras where officers could monitor “Live” the station’s activity.
ya think???
LA has resources to put officers in front of two ABANDONED skyscrapers in DTLA, but no resources to patrol the metro and/or enforce fares. C'mon man.