Crossposted from Metro Matters

Since the historic inaugural meeting of the King County Regional Transit Safety Task Force on March 20, participants from across behavioral health, community, government, labor, law enforcement, public health, safety and transit have been hard at work. As our large group of more than 100 people reconvenes on July 9, we are eager to advance a structured framework for action.

Informed by data and stakeholder experience, our action plan will draw from more than 150 solutions distilled into eight strategic themes: Built Environment & Safety Design; Care-Based Safety Responses; Public Messaging & Campaigns; Regional Alignment & Systemwide Coordination; Staffing Expansion & Field Capacity; Transit Employee & Rider Reporting; Workforce Training & Support; and Youth Engagement & Safety.

While the Task Force is essential to delivering neighborhood safety that, in turn, creates transit safety, ATU and Metro have maintained momentum on what we can directly control. Read more.