Rep. Friedman calls for $250 million in safety grants for nation’s public transit agencies

On the eve of the busiest travel days of the year, Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, on Tuesday unveiled a bill that would pump about $250 million during the next five years into more police officers and safety measures such as taller fare gates and weapons detectors for the nation’s public transit agencies.
The Safe and Affordable Transit Act is an effort to reduce traffic and clean the air in the nation’s largest cities by creating safer bus, light-rail and subway systems, thereby e