King County may install cameras on all buses for safety

Fri., Feb. 26, 2016

Associated Press

SEATTLE – The King County executive has proposed installing cameras on all Metro buses for driver safety.

Metro currently has cameras on 44 percent of its buses. Authorities credit the cameras for decreasing assaults on drivers in half since 2008.

King County Executive Dow Constantine will request funding in the supplemental budget to install cameras in 80 percent of Metro’s bus fleet by early 2019 and 100 percent by early 2021.

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