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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has ordered more security and fare enforcement on city trains after last month’s fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian woman — Iryna Zarutska — on the light rail. The killing sparked a national firestorm of attention after the release of surveillance video, which showed the attack happening without warning.
The murder is changing the way some light rail riders think about public transit, and how to keep it safe…