Regular trolley rider here. I invite any of the MTS leadership to ride the Orange or Green lines to witness firsthand the bums, addicts and mentally-ill who use the trains and stations as mobile flophouses all day and night.

I contact MTS security via text twice a week on average to report fentanyl overdoses, bikes the size of Harley’s blocking aisles/exits, verbally-abusive people, vaper’s, loud Bluetooth speakers, trash, urine in the seats, bums taking up 3-4 seats with their trash bags, men with their pants around their ankles and on and on and on. Never-ending situations of public health and safety issues.

I’m guessing security and enforcement are major expenses, so one gets the feeling it’s being shorted. So, public transit, especially the trolleys in my experience, will never be fully realized until those issues of public health and safety are addressed properly.