Los Angeles Metro was recently awarded the Independent Institute’s California Golden Fleece® Award because it is a dangerous, costly public transportation system. Even in a post-COVID transportation world where major urban transit systems are struggling, LA Metro stands out as an example of an ill-conceived and poorly run system.

The transit system’s biggest problem is crime. Even if Los Angeles had the best public transportation system in the world, no one would ride it if it’s unsafe and crime-ridden. May 2024 was a particularly rough time for the agency: a Metro train rider was shot and a security officer was stabbed in East Hollywood; a fight on a bus spilled into the street and led to two people being stabbed; another rider was stabbed inside an elevator; a homeless man attacked a ri

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