A recent WRAL Investigates report pulled back the curtain on a string of safety incidents on and around public buses in Raleigh and Durham, raising pointed questions about how well riders and staff are being protected. The station says it filed open-records requests with both city governments to tally crimes on buses and at downtown transfer hubs and to see how officials have responded. Some riders who rely on those central stops told reporters they now skip late-night trips or reroute their commutes altogether because of safety concerns.
WRAL’s records review
According to WRAL, investigators requested incident logs and police reports from Raleigh and Durham, then paired that paperwork dive with interviews of riders and transit workers. The report…..