The MTA beefed up patrols on the Metro Blue Line in an effort to crack down on loud music, “seat-hogging” and other rowdy behavior, the county transit agency announced Tuesday.

Dubbed Operation: Better Ride, “Metro’s law enforcement and security personnel will engage passengers in a friendly manner to ensure compliance with Metro’s passenger conduct rules,” according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Metro increased patrols on the Metro Blue Line for those boarding and riding trains departing from the Seventh Street/Metro Center and Long Beach Stations to check for compliance to Metro’s Code of Conduct, the agency reported.

Law enforcement personnel will focus on reducing customer complaints in areas such as vending and solicitation; raucous, offensive behavior; loud music; and taking up excessive space on trains, popularly known as “seat-hogging,” Metro reported.

The operation is designed to have as little impact to “system patronage” as possible, Metro said.

“While we start our patrols on the Metro Blue Line this week, we plan to rotate an increased law enforcement presence on all our rail lines and major bus hubs throughout L.A. County,” said Alex Wiggins, chief systems security and law enforcement officer at Metro.

“This is just the beginning of a robust strategy to enhance customer courtesy, safety and security across our whole system,” Wiggins said.

Metro plans to run the operation Monday through Saturday for five consecutive weeks. The next patrol is planned for next Monday.

Deputies provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will board and ride Blue Line trains, traveling the same route between downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Sheriff’s deputies or Metro security personnel will board each train set between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. the next day.

Following these operations, Metro will evaluate the results to determine future deployments throughout the transit system.

Metro periodically increases law enforcement and security-staffing patrols on the Metro System. Previous surges in 2015 and 2016 have been conducted on the Metro Blue, Red, Expo and Green Lines.

Last month, the agency increased its collaboration with additional law enforcement agencies, forging new contracts with the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Long Beach Police Department to improve incident response times for Metro customers countywide.