Includes $7.3 million for new tech/designs for rail transit safety; and $2 million for projects that redesign transit bus operator compartment.
Visual campaign promoting kindness, respect and solidarity, follows 42% increase in hate crimes on NYC Transit System in 2019.
Newly hired attorney's role includes reviewing victims cases and helping them understand their legal rights.
The safety upgrades come after HART bus driver Thomas Dunn was stabbed and killed on the job by a passenger on May 18 in Tampa.
Under current law, an assault is usually classified as a misdemeanor, except under certain circumstances.
Transit police statistics show aggravated assaults were up by 38%, an increase from 48 to 66 incidents compared to the same period the year prior. MBTA Transit Police is seeking to determine the reason for the increase, but say a broad trend has been hard to find.
Coast Mountain Bus Co., TransLink and the Metro Vancouver bus drivers' union are working together to stop assaults on female bus drivers, by calling for tougher sentences and stronger legislation, and installing cameras, GPS systems and assault alarms on buses.