Dan Crowe is a regular commuter at the Oakley Transit Center. He said it’s a comfortable routine, but there’s one time of day when he doesn’t want to be anywhere near the area. It’s around 3:30 p.m. when Cincinnati Public Schools students get off the bus.
“Hundreds — there’s gotta be at least 100 kids, at least. Probably 150, 200. They cross the street, jaywalk and stuff. It screws up traffic,” Crowe told WCPO Thursday. “There’s garbage left all over the place. You know, I blame it all on the kids, they’re kids, but I’ll put it this way — they have a security guard out here most of the time. People come out and watch. Like I said, it’s a nut house.”
Crowe said he’s concerned about safety in the area, fearful that someone might soon get seriously hurt or killed. He said he’s struggled to fit on the bus sometimes because they’re so overcrowded with students, some of whom are being rowdy.
“Somebody’s either going to get run over, or multiple, and then here, I haven’t seen it but I know the way they get off the bus and stuff, there’s going to be fights, if there haven’t already been here,” he said.