Transit Workers take part in a guided relaxation class Friday, May 17, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The class, held at a union hall for New York City transit employees, has emerged as one of several ways in which transportation workers around the country are trying to manage their fear and anxiety over a rise in violent crime on subways and buses. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Transit Workers take part in a guided relaxation class Friday, May 17, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The class, held at a union hall for New York City transit employees, has emerged as one of several ways in which transportation workers around the country are trying to manage their fear and anxiety over a rise in violent crime on subways and buses. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Laticia Wright operates a bus for the Central Ohio Transit Authority on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. Reports of crime against transit workers and passengers have been rising since the pandemic erupted in 2020, when millions of Americans suddenly avoided subways and buses. Their exodus left transit workers more isolated and vulnerable to attacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)
FILE - Conductor Desmond Hill checks on passengers from his crew cab as he works the N subway line from Brooklyn's Coney Island to Queen's Astoria-Ditmars neighborhoods, Aug. 13, 2021, in New York. Reports of crime against transit workers and passengers have been rising since the pandemic erupted in 2020, when millions of Americans suddenly avoided subways and buses. Their exodus left transit workers more isolated and vulnerable to attacks.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Transit Workers take part in a guided relaxation class Friday, May 17, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The class, held at a union hall for New York City transit employees, has emerged as one of several ways in which transportation workers around the country are trying to manage their fear and anxiety over a rise in violent crime on subways and buses. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Transit Worker Grace Walker responds to questions during a news interview Friday, May 17, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Walker, who attended a relaxation class for New York City transit workers, said it helped her decompress. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Laticia Wright operates a bus for the Central Ohio Transit Authority on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. Reports of crime against transit workers and passengers have been rising since the pandemic erupted in 2020, when millions of Americans suddenly avoided subways and buses. Their exodus left transit workers more isolated and vulnerable to attacks.(AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)