2-3-26: FTA Gives CATS Report

Tune in here to this ​Tuesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen!

Breaking Brett Jensen discusses a 48-page audit of the Charlotte Area Transit System released by the Federal Transit Administration. The audit follows the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail in August. The federal report identifies 18 failures in safety protocols.

Jensen also examines why Zarutska’s stabbing went unnoticed and details efforts by bystanders and a visiting nurse to administer aid, highlighting the emergency response. He then reviews the audit’s findings, which show crime rates per passenger and crimes against CATS employees exceed national averages…

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