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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2020

NY Gov. announces 3-year ban of sex offenders from transit

This proposal is in response to a number of recent MTA incidents involving repeat sex offenders.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 16, 2018

L.A. Metro urges riders to help report suspected human trafficking on transit

Almost one million people — mostly young girls — are trafficked against their will each year.

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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2016

MBTA anti-sexual harassment campaign to help people with disabilities

The campaign’s message is that sexual assaults will not be tolerated on the T or anywhere else.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2016

TTC adding app to fight sexual harassing, assault

Agency has had 35 reports of sexual assault through the end of May. There were 56 sexual assault reports for all of 2014 and 67 in 2015.

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Newsby StaffJune 22, 2016

Gov. says N.Y. subway sex-crime reports 'completely unacceptable'

New York Police Department officials said Monday that there have been 458 reported sex crimes in the subway through Monday compared with 299 through the same period last year, a 53% increase, according to the report.

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Newsby StaffMay 26, 2015

L.A. Metro updates sex trafficking awareness campaign

Includes 3,000 ads placed on buses and railcars across L.A. County. In addition, 85,000 brochures containing resources on how to help victims of human trafficking will be placed in Metro’s customer centers, stations, buses and trains.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2014

NYPD cracking down on subway sex crimes

Officers made 128 arrests on charges of sex abuse or forcible touching through Sunday, compared to 104 such collars by the same point in 2013 — a 23% rise.

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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2013

Minneapolis Metro campaign to help combat sex trafficking

Transit officials are looking to train bus drivers to spot suspicious activity and implement a public awareness campaign.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserApril 24, 2013

Transit agencies partner to prevent sexual assault

Teaming with advocacy groups to empower riders to stop sexual assault and harassment, using new campaigns and communication tools.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 29, 2012

Sex crimes go unreported on San Francisco transit

Police documented 95 sex crimes on BART, San Francisco MUNI and Alameda County Transit in 2011. However, experts who study sex crimes on public transit say the numbers are significantly underreported.

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