LA Metro installs protective barriers for drivers

Metro finishes retrofitting bus fleet with barriers to protect drivers from attacks
After a bus driver was fatally stabbed, transit officials expedited plans to finish armoring the bulk of its 2,017 buses with protective tempered glass to shield drivers from passengers. It is the first transit agency in the nation to do so.
Metro buses all now equipped with protective barriers for drivers
Metro has finalized the installation of barriers on its entire bus fleet that fully enclose drivers for their protection -- a move prompted by a rise in assaults against bus operators, officials announced Tuesday.
New safety barriers add to entire Metro bus fleet
LA Metro has become the first transit agency in the nation to install barriers to all its buses in order to protect bus drivers.
Metro bus driver stabbed, killed near UW campus
SEATTLE — A metro bus driver was stabbed and killed near Seattle's University of Washington campus early Wednesday morning, police have confirmed. Police there was a physical altercation that eventually led to a stabbing just before 3 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Northeast 41st Street and 15th Avenue Northeast.
LA Metro installs protective barriers for drivers on entire bus fleet
Barriers to protect bus drivers have been installed on Metro's entire fleet, the transit agency said Tuesday. The shatterproof, tempered glass barriers constructed of steel and laminated low-reflectivity material are designed to protect drivers.
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