Originally Posted by
John R
Crime along SART is only going to get worse. I've been riding it to work daily since 1990. I have never seen this many homeless people. It seems the number is growing everyday. Some of these are not your average bums, drug addics and gang members. I've seen middle aged women pulling luggage like there going through the airport and have also seen young teens. I think these people are victims of the economy. These people are easy pray for the gangbangers.
I rode it a month ago (not a regular route for me as it is a little out of the way) It was a Saturday morning, a pretty heavy use period, so I wasn't concerned. I did notice a lot of encampments in the underpasses. Some were downright villages.