COLUMBUS – The city of Columbus reached an agreement with Greyhound less than a month after taking the bus company to court over crime and other safety issues at its downtown bus terminal.
An order issued by the Franklin County Environmental Court requires the bus company to have at least two uniformed security officers on duty around the clock, seven days a week, with one of them at the entrance to allow only ticketed customers or customers purchasing tickets in.
The agreement also requires Greyhound to maintaining exterior lighting and working security cameras, increase security signage, repair broken windows and to clean debris and trash from the area.
On June 11, the Columbus City Attorney’s Office and the Columbus Division of Police took Greyhound Bus Lines to court over its crime-plagued bus station at 111 E. Town Street, declaring the property a public nuisance.
City officials claimed the bus terminal has been the site of shootings, stabbings, assaults, drug overdoses and other problems.