LA Metro's rail ridership is 18% White. (buses 9%) And rich people rarely ride. Yet somehow, in all the rider surveys, safety/order emerges as the top issue and security is the top priority. Wanting rules enforced on transit isn't a privileged perspective. It's what most people want.
zotaBut if you care more about putting on a show for the whiter, more affluent rail riders, because that's the kind of system you *want* to have, then sure. Put up giant gates, drag people off trains, have cops leaning on the turnstiles staring at their phones all day. Who needs better service, amirite