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Today is the start of Public Transit Awareness Month here at HBDC!, which seems even more fitting with 10 cent metro fare price increase that took effect yesterday. Throughout the month we will focus on public sexual harassment on our public transportation in the DC metro area.  Some of the topics will include: The prevalence […]

Here’s a bystander story. Last night I was riding the Metro home, and it was crowded. A young woman went to sit next to a guy in a suit, and she lost her balance when the train started to move and kind of fell on top of the guy. She composes herself and the guy […]

I’m so glad to have find this site today. I’ve experienced harassment on the streets of several cities, but I had a particularly disconcerting run-in last night. I was riding the bus home from a friend’s house last night around 10pm. I get off at U and 14th, and even at that hour I don’t […]

We just got word that the Metro is planning to vote on some major budget cuts at a board meeting tomorrow — before hearing from the public. Don’t let this happen! Sign on to urge Metro to delay the vote and allow for public opinion. According to the Coalition For Smarter Growth: Metro faces a […]

I was harrassed this morning on the red line train between Bethesda and Dupont. I entered at White Flint at approximately 9:20 a.m., and took a seat in the uncrowded third car, next to a window. At one of the next three stops a powerfully built man wearing grey sweatpants and a black ski vest […]