Here’s an interesting bill currently before the D.C. Council, courtesy the Examiner’s Michael Neibauer: Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) and Michael A. Brown (I-At large) have introduced legislation that would establish 50-foot “safety zones” around any District of Columbia transit stop. The idea here is that any crime committed inside one of the “safety zones” would carry additional penalties and even extra jail time, sort of like how if you commit a traffic violation inside a construction zone, the amount of your ticket doubles (in this case, it would be 1.5 times the maximum fine and 50 percent more jail time). The proposed zones would of course encompass all D.C. Metrorail stations, but they would also include every one of the roughly 3,500 bus stops in the city, which, if you picture it, would cover a really substantial portion of the city. Think this is a good idea?