With attacks and harassment on the rise, MTA bus operators are sounding the alarm. AClineThomas has more on their renewed calls to address the problem.
CBS2's Aundrea Cline-Thomas has more on their renewed calls to address the problem.after police say the pair boarded the bus and threw an unknown liquid in the driver's face."We're so unprotected. We have a barrier which they reach over and try to open," said Monique Rondon, MTA chief shop steward.There have been 542 incidents of harassment on MTA buses this year, including threats and spitting, and 15 assaults.
On Wednesday, the transit workers union renewed calls to change the laws. They want to elevate spitting on transit staff from a violation to a misdemeanor, buying new buses with floor-to-ceiling barriers that better protect drivers, and increased police patrols physically riding every stop on targeted lines.
"I think there have been 15,000 police patrols on buses this year. That is a huge increase from the past," MTA Chairman and CEO
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