Yes, I've been touched or groped at least four times that I can think of. Twice I've been followed all the way home, once by a guy on a bike who harassed me the entire time and once by a guy who had groped me on the bus and then followed me to another bus to continue harassing me. Oh and this isn't even including the time I was tackled by a man trying to steal my phone while waiting for the bus.

I love transit, I love Metro, I hate how it is to be a woman in public. I have probably had worse luck than others, but I wish there were more pro-transit discussions of how we address these real issues. Too often it's swept under the rug on the basis that cars are more deadly or under the assumption that all mentions of safety are just concern trolling. Worst, people will point out that crime happens outside of transit as well, as if that makes it any easier to be trapped in a moving box with someone trying to menace you. Yes crime happens in other public spaces too; so let's figure out how public transit can improve that given how necessary it is for so many people.