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Posted by Easy on Tue Sep 23 21:39:05 2008, in response to LACMTA news and LA area events, posted by Easy on Sun Apr 27 14:21:47 2008. LA Times Bottleneck blogI'm not at all surprised that the gold line is the safest. There are 2-3 times as many deputies on the gold line as there are on the blue line. I don't know why there are so many police given that it's by far the safest line and there are more problems in other places. I had heard that it was part of the MTA's desire to attract "choice" riders. The red line is the second safest and also has a large police presence. The red line rape sounds like it may not really have happened. 7th/metro is a busy station. Hard to see how a rape could happen on an escalator with no one seeing it happen. The green is next while the blue line is last. They don't show a rate, but the blue line has 4 times as many riders as the gold, so it's not quite as bad as it looks. I really don't know if these stats are good or bad, but here they are:  
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