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Translink announces bus driver barrier pilot project

Translink has announced that it will implement a pilot project to install bus driver barriers on a number of Coast Mountain buses to protect its employees from violent assaults by unruly passengers. The move follows Translink’s “Don’t Touch The Operator” campaign, which was launched in March to combat the increasing number of assaults on bus drivers. As of July 31, the number of assaults on operators in 2014 totalled 65. In a news release on August 29 regarding the Pilot Barrier Program, transit police stated, “Bus operators should not have to go to their workplace every shift with the fear…

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