Posted on 02/17/2006 9:26:26 AM PST by John Semmens
Despite revelations of unlocked gates, unmonitored security cameras, lack of security manuals and untrained personnel, officials for Valley Metro (the government agency running the transit system for the Phoenix metropolitan region) said they felt the system is fundamentally secure.
"Our 'ace-in-the-hole' is our extraordinarily low ridership," said Bryan Jungwirth, Valley Metro deputy executive director. "We figure that no terrorist in his right mind would bother to attack our nearly empty vehicles when more attractive targets like sports stadiums, movie theaters, and public restrooms offer many more potential victims."
Critics of Valley Metro's blasé attitude suggest that the concept "terrorist in his right mind" might be the weak link in transit officials' thought processes. Of course, Valley Metro officials may not be the best judges of the boundaries of sanity. The light rail system they are building is expected to increase traffic congestion and cost more than $13 per passenger boarding (i.e., about 20 times the anticipated fare revenue per boarding).
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