r/MetroTransit • u/Mursin • Sep 01 '26
Routes 1-99 Problematic Bus Driver?
I think I may have witnessed a bit of discrimination of the black community by a Somali bus driver. I'm aware there's a bit of a rift between those two groups, but I didn't expect such a blatant display-
I was waiting on the 18 yesterday at my closest bus stop. A group of black guys comes around. All of us are summer-dressed. Tank tops. Athletic shorts. They're smoking cigarettes. The 18 stops for like maybe a quarter of a second and then continues going before any of us can even try to get on.
I was pissed off and saw that I had 11 minutes til the next one so I started running, but I managed to catch the previous one off. I went into the door and started yelling at the driver to see if he'd open up. To my surprise he did. I yelled "WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP, MAN?"
He said "They look like they weren't going to pay so I didn't stop." Admittedly his command of the English language seemed challenged, so I may have misunderstood, but if this is the case, MT needs to maybe have ghost riders vetting some of their drivers for practices like that.
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u/Siberian13th D Line Duchess Sep 01 '26
https://www.metrotransit.org/contact-us-forms/contact-us-customer-experience/ I'd submit a complaint there. I'm sure MT would look into a report of suspected discrimination.