RICHMOND, Va. — A longtime rider is asking the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) to consider bringing back paid fares after violence occurred on and near its buses last month.
Caroline Bowers, who has been riding GRTC buses for the past several years, said she is reconsidering how she gets to her job in downtown Richmond.
WTVRHowever, she said she may stop taking the bus daily because of crime on and near GRTC buses last month.
“At a bus stop in the middle of the day it’s very unnerving,” she said.
In August, Richmond Police responded to three separate crimes connected to GRTC buses.
According to police, two people were stabbed at the West Broad Street Pulse stop, one person was stabbed at the bus stop on Broad Street in the Arts district and a teenager was shot on a GRTC bus near the VCU campus.
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