Buses World News

24.3.16

VIOLENCE AGAINST BUS DRIVERS * Australia

* NSW - 'Last straw': Union fed up with workplace violence after bus driver spat on during racist attack

(Video by baray raty - Mar 21, 2016)

-- The latest senseless attack on a Sydney bus has pushed the union to call for cages to be installed in New South Wales buses to protect the drivers... A passenger who caught the wrong bus by mistake was caught on camera racially abusing the driver before spitting on him... Witness Dylan Lloyd said the other passengers on the bus were disgusted by the man’s behavior...

A union survey of delegates uncovered Sydney’s most dangerous routes, which included:
• The 545 and 513 in the west
• The 470 and 431 in the city
• The L90 in the north
• Buses down Anzac Parade in the east.

... While many of those routes travel through areas that don’t appear dangerous, it is often the late night journeys that make the drivers feel the most vulnerable... The government maintains the amount of violence on trains and buses is falling...
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Yahoo7 News, by Sean Berry - March 21, 2016

Labels: violence on public transit

12.1.08

Violence on Public Transit * USA - Officials outline increased safety measures for city buses

Concern among city lawmakers grows after spate of violence on public transit

Baltimore,MAR,USA -The Baltimore Sun, by Gadi Dechter -January 11, 2008: -- School, transit and police officials briefed city lawmakers this morning on stepped-up law enforcement in the wake of a recent spate of violence involving juveniles on public buses... Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III told the city delegation that he has recently ordered the creation of "buffer zones" around 18 city schools, most of them middle schools, with a dedicated officer assigned to staff them in the mornings and afternoons... "The only reason they can leave that post is for a life-threatening emergency call," Bealefeld said...

Labels: violence on public transit