In the press recently: the St. Louis Business Journal lists a Maplewood restaurant as one to try. Also, a 62-year-old man is attacked on Metrolink.
- St. Louis Business Journal — 9 local restaurants every foodie needs to try
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Man randomly attacked by teens on MetroLink in Maplewood
- KSDK — Man punched in the face by juveniles while sitting on MetroLink train in Maplewood
It makes sense what Uncle Jedd is saying, really. Metrolink needs to be safe. How else are we going to get people to stop driving so many cars and use public transportation.
What does “restricted platform access” mean? And how would it be enforced? It would seem profiling would occur.
It means you have to have a ticket to get to the platform
I’ve already had County police officers and (Metro security as well) ask to see my (and other passengers) tickets on several different occasions in the last several weeks so I suppose that would be one way to enforce it and as far as I can tell they haven’t singled out anyone in particular when they do so either. They merely ask EVERYONE to show their ticket etc, move down the train to check that your ticket, pass or transfer is valid and then keep doing so as people board. I’ve not seen any “profiling” involved as yet but I suppose its possible.
Maybe if that metrolink police car wouldn’t be parked in front of strange donuts so often. The incompetent police are much to blame for metrolink issues.
“Restricted platform access, fare payment enforcement, and visible security at all high risk stops…” This seems like prejudice to me.
The safety of passengers who ride the Metrolink should be the top priority and those items you listed would help with that so I’d hardly call that being prejudicial against anyone. Honestly today’s youth are out of control across the board and race or the community those kids live in has absolutely nothing to do with that. There are parents out there that actually refuse to let their kids come home until a certain time so they are left to their own devices for hours on end and so they get involved in things that they might not otherwise get involved with if they had somewhere to be and something to be doing.
And Metro wants to expand Metrolink.
Give me a break!
The problems with the Metrolink and urban youth are well documented. We do not need another $400K study to tell us what the problems are and how to fix them. What we need are leaders willing to put aside their petty differences and have the backbone to take the necessary steps to reduce crime like those in other major cities. Restricted platform access, fare payment enforcement, and visible security at all high risk stops…
“urban youth”
Uncle Jedd is the local racist troll, just ignore him.
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