City Council members hope officials can enforce the ban without issuing a slew of tickets, but opponents are worried that people of color will be disproportionately targeted.
It was rising crime on platforms and vehicles that led the Legislature to change how Metro Transit deals with safety in part by shifting fare enforcement from cops to civilians.
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The task force has until February to recommend whether the Legislature should make the Met Council an elected body or adopt other changes in governance.
After grappling with “what it means to be a white man shot in the struggle for Black liberation,” Stevenson decided to run for office. If he wins, he’ll unseat a pioneering Black and trans politician.
Seattle’s experience with a ban on public pot use could offer lessons to Minnesota cities now grappling with whether to limit pot use in public places, and a possible preview to how enforcing those bans could turn out here.
The advocates’ attorneys said the city’s demands are “extremely atypical” and “feel intimidating.” The City Attorney said there’s nothing abnormal about its requests.
The Transit Signal Priority System Planning working group is looking at signals as well as bus stop locations, bus stop spacing, bus lanes and curb extensions.
Council members said they wanted to understand how their vote would connect with a recently announced funding deal for the troubled Southwest Light Rail project.
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