My daughter took the train home from the airport (with her boyfriend) in Seattle the other evening. One one side, a young girl (heroin addict) was nodding off on the other side 2 older black women were crouching down and smoking meth (entire train smelled like urine after they sparked up).
My husband took a train in Minneapolis not too long ago, again from the airport, he literally waited, like 5 trains, until one came that looked safe enough to board. And he blends.
Our society and culture is in ruins.
Good points... One possible solution - add people to monitor cars and toss people who are breaking rules. After a while it could be one person to every two cars rather than one to each car... We could call these people 'conductors'... and they'd ride as the expense of the railroads & city government. It'll help until citizens are tired of having our culture and cities in ruins.