Post by Logan on Apr 25, 2016 4:11:56 GMT -6
Sacramento’s transit agency is painting red lines around its light-rail stations – an effort to keep out fare cheats and loiterers without building walls and turnstiles.
Five stations now have red lines on the pavement, designating station boundaries. Guards have begun approaching people at those stations asking to see their tickets. Guards require those without tickets to buy one immediately at a ticket machine or leave the red-lined area.
Security chief Norm Leong says it’s part of the cash-strapped agency’s effort to make stations feel safer and reduce the number of people boarding trains without paying.
Some light-rail stations suffer from loitering and bad behavior by people who have no intention of boarding trains, Leong said. Problems include occasional drug dealing.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article73657972.html
Five stations now have red lines on the pavement, designating station boundaries. Guards have begun approaching people at those stations asking to see their tickets. Guards require those without tickets to buy one immediately at a ticket machine or leave the red-lined area.
Security chief Norm Leong says it’s part of the cash-strapped agency’s effort to make stations feel safer and reduce the number of people boarding trains without paying.
Some light-rail stations suffer from loitering and bad behavior by people who have no intention of boarding trains, Leong said. Problems include occasional drug dealing.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article73657972.html