Twin Cities Light Rail Becomes Housing for the Homeless

Building a light rail system allows municipal bureaucrats to bark that they are every bit as P.C. as those running other cities. But light rail does have other purposes, other than to showcase creeping socialism and bogus environmental posturing. For example, in Minneapolis, it serves as housing for the homeless:

Authorities estimate some 200 people are using the system for shelter each night and the number is rising at an alarming rate. …

Metro Transit Police Chief John Harrington said the problem has gotten worse since his tenure began in 2012.

“If you were a cop and you worked the system, you recognized it because there were ones or twos out there” but it’s “hundreds now at several different platforms,” he said. “It has become very noticeable and it’s also become increasingly disruptive.”

At least bureaucrats won’t have to worry about the cars running empty.

On a tip from Steve T.

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