Winnipeg Transit proposes pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers
Winnipeg Transit is proposing a pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers following the killing of one of its employees.
Driver Irvine Jubal Fraser was stabbed multiple times in February when he tried to remove a sleeping passenger from the bus. It had reached the end of the line late at night and Fraser was about to go off shift.
A city council committee is to consider the recommendation along with other ideas to improve safety, including some form of transit police and encouraging passengers to report bad behaviour on buses.
John Callahan, head of the union local that represents 1,120 Winnipeg bus drivers, called the recommendations a good start Friday.