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Type:
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Informational Report
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Status:
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Filed
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On agenda:
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9/18/2025
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Final action:
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9/18/2025
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Title:
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RECEIVE AND FILE updates on the enhanced access control strategies to improve safety for Metro riders and employees, including the weapons detection pilot, expansion of the TAP-to-Exit pilot, expansion of the Elevator Open-Door pilot, expansion of the Smart Restroom pilot, and expansion of the taller faregates pilot.
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Indexes:
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Access control (Transportation), Accessibility, APU/Citrus College Station, Assembly Bill 468, Bicycling, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Customer service, Downtown Santa Monica Station, El Monte, Elevators, Expo/Bundy Station, Expo/Sepulveda Station, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Hollywood/Highland Station, Hollywood/Western Station, Informational Report, Key Performance Indicator, Law enforcement, LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, Leimert Park, Light rail transit, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Union Station, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Motion / Motion Response, North Hollywood, North Hollywood Station, Norwalk, Outreach, Pilot studies, Pomona, Program, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Research, Rolling stock, Safety, Safety and security, San Pedro, Santa Monica, Security, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Station 1135, Strategic planning, Surveys, System safety, Testing, Transit safety, Vermont/Beverly Station, Vermont/Santa Monica Station, Vermont/Sunset Station, Video, Visibility, Weapons, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Wilshire/Vermont Station
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Meeting_Body OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 Subject SUBJECT: IMPROVING ACCESS CONTROL Action ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE Heading RECOMMENDATION Title RECEIVE AND FILE updates on the enhanced access control strategies to improve safety for Metro riders and employees, including the weapons detection pilot, expansion of the TAP-to-Exit pilot, expansion of the Elevator Open-Door pilot, expansion of the Smart Restroom pilot, and expansion of the taller faregates pilot. Issue ISSUE In response to continual efforts to increase public safety on the system, the Board approved Motion 34.1 by Directors Barger, Krekorian, Hahn, Najarian, Butts, and Solis (Attachment A) in April 2024. The motion directed staff to provide an update on current strategies and research potential new ones to improve safety for Metro riders and employees, and to report back to the Board. This report provides updates on the access control strategies approved by the Board in July 2024. Background BACKGROUND Through Motion 34.1, the Metro Board of Directors directed the CEO to report back on infrastructure, technology, activation, and partnerships to improve safety on the system. As presented to the Board in July 2024, Metro researched technologies to support improved access control, to address the following safety concerns: * Use and/or possession of weapons on the Metro system * Fare evasion and fare enforcement * Enforcement of Metro's exclusion lists for persons violating Metro's Code of Conduct * Identifying repeat offenders of crimes on the system In the report back to the Board, staff provided a cost analysis, timelines, and recommendations for expanding early pilot successes, launching new pilots, and providing additional information on video management and analytics. Discussion DISCUSSION This report provides an update on the ongoing station interventions that all share the same underlying objective: improving safety th... Click here for full text
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