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Annual public transport deaths in the US are around 2-300. And the number of passenger miles is vastly smaller than cars, so you can’t just compare the raw numb
by mikeash 9y ago
Annual public transport deaths in the US are around 2-300. And the number of passenger miles is vastly smaller than cars, so you can’t just compare the raw numbers.
- dionidium 9y agoThis is a good point. The numbers are still overwhelmingly in transit's favor (but not orders of magnitude better when passenger miles are considered): https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/12/19/heres-how-much-safer-transit-is-compared-to-driving/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/12/19/heres-how-much-safer-...
- throw_away 9y agoAlso note that most of the danger in transit is not the the users, but to other people on the road (blue vs. yellow bars in the chart). Considering just the users themselves, transit is nearly an order of magnitude safer.