LA Metro leaders say efforts underway to improve rider safety amid violent incidents

LA Metro's new chair, Supervisor Janice Hahn, says efforts are underway to improve public safety on the transit system.

Sophie FlayLA Metro leaders listed off ways the agency is trying to improve safety for riders and employees at the annual "state of the agency" address.Concerns over public safety have recently plagued the LA Metro system, amid a number of highly publicized incidents that include stabbings and shootings.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is handing over the board chair position to county Supervisor Janice Hahn. Bass noted that the agency has seen ridership increase every month for the last 18 months, nearly reaching the point of serving 1 million people every day. "For the first time when unhoused people have to leave our trains at the end of the line in the middle of the night, our homeless outreach teams have a place to take them where they can have a meal and a warm bed," Hahn said.

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