Buses in Poorer Neighborhoods Not as Clean?
Metrobus workers are complaining that buses serving Northwest D.C.’s low-income areas aren’t kept as clean as the buses serving tonier sections of upper Northwest. Metro officials dispute that characterization, saying there is no difference between in cleanliness among the buses.
- Source: Washingtonexaminer
Furthermore, Garnett and a Metrobus driver said a manager told them and other Metro workers in a safety meeting last month that buses at the Western garage near Friendship Heights in upper Northwest are cleaned more often than Northern buses because of their “clientele.”
Garnett called the comments offensive in a complaint he submitted to Metro’s Office of Civil Rights, saying that buses serving minorities aren’t kept as clean.
“A paying customer is a paying customer,” added one longtime bus operator who heard the comments but did not want her name printed out of fear she would lose her job. “Everyone should be entitled to a clean bus.”
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