It’s news that could pass for satire: LA’s Department of Transportation isurging riders not to poopon city buses.
As policy goes, the “please don’t” approach is a stinker.
Mayor Karen Bass, the City Council, and LADOT General Manager Laura Rubio-Cornejo should be embarrassed.
Moreover, they should act toendthe bus pooping –– through meaningful enforcement and oversight –– rather than asking riders to report those who defecate nearby.
LADOT’s “See Something, Do Something” videos ask passengers –– on a loop –– to behave on the bus: Don’t drink, don’t smoke, buy a ticket, and don’t poop.
The campaign echoes a similar approach on LA Metro, which airs, on similar loops, requests that passengers refrain from sexually harassing others on the train.
Thisis what we’ve come to onLos Angeles public transportation?
It’s a wonder any woman, or any civilized person, really, would want to ride LA public transit, given a lack of safety, reliability, and basic sanitation.
This is the largest city in a state whose governor boasts incessantly about “running” the fourth-largest economy in the world.
LA taxpayers spend tens of millions of dollars a year on city buses.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
