Metro receives 99 harassment complaints in 2012

Published February 12, 2013 5:00am ET



Nine months after launching a campaign to stop sexual harassment of its passengers, Metro has heard 99 additional complaints from riders who said they were mistreated on the trains.

But the complaints directly resulted in only one arrest, and some women’s advocates say the transit agency has still not adequately addressed the problem.

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