Tri-Met's MAX light-rail line and several bus lines also go through the
area and their riders, too, should notice the change, said Norm Monroe,
staff assistant for County Commission Chairwoman Gladys McCoy.

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TRI-MET TESTS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE
TRANSIT SECURITY
      Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
      March 13, 1990
       HOLLEY GILBERT - of the Oregonian Staff

 Assaults occur, but unruly riders are more frequent

      The crush of high school students poured onto the northbound bus.

      Their yelling dissipated among the city's noises as they waited at Tri-Met's Coliseum transit center. But it seemed to
intensify when they boarded a bus to Northeast 15th Avenue. Shrill cries repeatedly came from the back of the bus where the
students clambered over one another. Obscenities flew. Other passengers grimaced. Conversation was difficult.

      ``It's always like this,'' one passenger said, shaking her head. ``So relax, but be alert.''

      Such scenes are frequently replayed on specific Tri-Met buses and MAX trains when Portland schools let out.

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     ``Every driver has stories about passengers who are unpredictable and go from being simply discourteous to assaultive,''  Wyss said.

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