On December 5, the Dayton Daily News published a story documenting a growing problem that is facing the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (the city's public bussing system).

According to the newspaper, high crimes at and around a downtown hub building at Third and Main is increasing pressure on the GDRTA to reconsider its transit hub system that concentrates large numbers of busses downtown.

The DDN story stated that the reported crimes at Third and Main and Fourth and Main streets are on track to equal the 290 reported last year.

Dayton Police Lt. Matt Carper, commander of the central business district, told the DDN he has been very vocal about the problems.

"It's uncomfortable for the business people to walk through the big crowds of unruly people," Carper told the newspaper.

According to the police lieutenant, through September, there were 221 crimes reported at those intersections, including 62 assaults, 62 larceny/thefts or robbery offenses, 24 drug offenses and three sexual assaults.

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