Bay Area Rapid Transit now has $6.8 million more in funding to strengthen its safety and security measures, the agency said on Monday. The injection of federal funding comes just one month after the fatal stabbing of Nia Wilson at the MacArthur Station, as the 18-year-old was headed to her Oakland home. After Wilson’s death made national headlines, the transit agency scrambled to employ bolstered security measures amid an uptick in violent crime on trains. “The grant provides an extra boost…
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BART gets $6.8 million from the federal government to curb violent crime
