How L.A. Metro is addressing safety at its most dangerous station 

The three new stations on the recently opened Regional Connector have the turnstiles at street level to help exactly with what you describe so I wouldn't be surprised if they retrofit stations in the same way where they can. Of course, this also means the ticketing ATMs will be further out from the concourse and platforms. The ticketing ATMs on the new RC stations are outside because of this change with the turnstile placement.

We need to coddle them with services but our trains and stations are not the place.

@@nemamodgeddi5338 Nope....Get a JOB!

@@ITSFULLOFSTARS1 You're dumb.

​@ITSFULLOFSTARS1 get a job and a check.

It ruins my railfanning hobby

It just got worse with 0 bail for common criminals

Democrat's voted for this. Let them have it.

@@mhaas281 I didn't vote for this and I have to live through it..

@@MarcusLeonard307 it's sucks. We all have to unfortunately.

@@mhaas281 ..and moving out of the county is a temporary solution because liberals are just moving out too.

Exactly right

Well you are in us for some reason, why compare ?

it is this is not DTLA

There is a good reason mommy and daddy moved here and named you Michael, keep that in mind.

I imagine it's because, Japan actually ARRESTS criminals

Well Japanese trains have old men constantly feeling up on young girls but you’re not going to have safe trains in America because these aren’t Japanese these aren’t Norwegians Koreans polish you can only have safe trains when you have certain races of people. But being that we are told diversity is a strength guess what stabbings shootings outrages upon women hammer attacks these will always be a problem because we allow certain races in our society. You can have diversity or you can have safety but the less white a society becomes the more dangerous a society becomes. You’re only safe in certain races of people diversity brings violence .

The main problem today is that legally you cannot force someone into the long term treatment they need to get better which in turn results in prisons serving as poor substitutes for long term mental health and substance abuse programs.

I was thinking this the whole time. They don’t do nothing when someone is harrasing you or threatening your safety. I was on the 720 the other day and FOUR Metro employees just watched as a man started harrasing me telling me to fight him. I literally stared at them and they all looked at me like “Well are you going to fight or not.” I just kept ignoring the guy until he got off 3 stops later. For 10 min this guy was screaming asking to fight and they didn’t tell him nothing.

@@ivancenea That's unfortunate, but unless those employees were Metro security officers they have no obligation to step in especially if the crazy person didn't touch you. That would be like expecting the bus driver to intervene because someone is being an idiot on the bus. However, if the employees were LA Metro security and they did nothing, I would have reported them. But if they were not, it also isn't fair to expect a regular employee to step in when they have no security training. They didn't sign up for that.either.

Had one try to attack me on the expo line today. I reported it & have heard nothing. No one helped. The train operator did not help & there were no police/ambassadors around. The expo line is often filthy as well.

@@lovelystarchild Completely disagree. I've been on the E line several times since the new Regional Connector opened and have had absolutely no issues and there were ambassadors and transit security on the platforms and in some of the cars not all. The stations were clean on the ones I used and even saw cleaning personnel. However, it's good you reported it. I saw two troubling issues, but they didn't impact my ride experience. The first one was some graffiti on one of the escalators. I reported it to one of the ambassadors and she made note of it and said she would take care of it. I should have checked a few days later when I used that same station but forgot. I'll check to see if it's gone next trip. The other issue was a young man who was shirtless and incoherent on one of the platforms so two transit security officers escorted him out and put him in a patrol car.

I agree.

Don't forget that the cost of living is pushing more people towards homelessness. It's not all drugs, mental illnesses and "laziness".

Aren’t you the Latina 🐱 slayer who got caught harassing women?

@@joseguaposanchez5883 I’m famous I know haha

@@joseguaposanchez5883 nice to meet you ❤️

Damn if it’s true I’m sorry this happened but if it’s not may life do it’s job and get your arm cut off fr

@@nicolemonroe220 why would I lie about this.. smh

Agreed.

And every station as well i want more fare inspectors im fed up of others jumping fare and getting too close to a paying rider so the faregate doesnt close on the Unpaying Homeless

​@@kevinquirarte2365if you ask me, I think every city, big or small needs that.

Its not working.

LA is becoming a Concentration Camps Very Ghetto

I hear you. As a woman, I don't feel safe taking public transportation in LA. I'd rather walk. I have been harassed & terrorized on busses & trains several times. Today, on the expo line, a guy kept harassing me over my eye color. I tried ignoring him til he grabbed my arm when I tried to move away from him. He threatened to st@b me in front of everyone & called me a racist white b!tch. I reported it to the transit watch app & nothing was done. No one on the train told this guy to leave me alone. These homeless males are only tough when they are terrorizing women, the elderly & children.

Men huh? So are you trying to say every man is doing this? I'll bet you wouldn't be too happy about sweeping generalizations of women.

You can see a difference already throughout the system since they deployed the transit ambassadors and the extra security officers

@@mrxman581really true I recently rode the metro for the first time in about 3 years, way safer now all across the lines.

I think it's getting there. There were a ton of Metro Police at the Hollywood/Highland and Noho stations when I rode through this past Wednesday. Their presence really makes a difference.

I hope so. Security/police should be stationed at the entrance to stations and keep out people trying to get in without paying. I think that would cut down on some of the problems (in the stations and trains at least). I live near a Gold Line station and we keep getting assaults in the parking garage and the surrounding area.

And yet, outside of the USA, the commons are actually fairly nice

I believe they said it would be instituted on buses too which is where most of the safety issues occur. Not surprising considering how many more buses there are in the system.

Vegas buses are worst

@@WLA-GeneralI’d believe that, considering Vegas is trashier

@@TSUNAMI-MAMIhow do you feel about Reno

@@TSUNAMI-MAMI Yup..

@@HeadNtheClouds never been!

Did you not watch the video genius?

Anyway. Lol

Because getting butchered is funny...wow such sharpness. You must be the sharpest knife in the block.

@@navygirlav2012 you need help!

Kind of like Squid Games.

True 😊

Most of the bums don't want to go to a shelter because they don't want to give up them drugs and alcohol habits.

I saw one ambassador getting high lol 😅

Exactly why the heck have so many ambassadors if they are not doing anything. That money should go on improving safety !

​@@carlosroman2905They do help passengers and they do report safety issues to the security officers.

We have those already. They're called prisons. And that's exactly where many of these people go but rarely ever get the treatment they need because they can't legally hold them for that long. It's the legal system that also doesn't help

YES!!!!!!!

Fenti alert, no smoke dope in stations no free rides on da bus . Come on

Car culturians gosh i hate motorists

Metal detectors are a panacea. But hiring more security officers to patrol the gates would be good.

It’s almost like they’re severely underfunded or something

I think the reason the other entrance is blocked for now is because that entrance has a longer tunnel that's more secluded.

Did you report your concerns? Maybe take a video and publish it? If people don't report stuff to the authorities nothing will improve. It's nauseating having people complain and not do anything about it.