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> I don't believe you You don’t believe that I travel by bus/subway/etc. and don’t feel unsafe? There are people of all ages, ethnic groups, social classes, o
by jacobolus 8y ago
> I don't believe you
You don’t believe that I travel by bus/subway/etc. and don’t feel unsafe?
There are people of all ages, ethnic groups, social classes, occupations, etc. riding transit throughout the Bay Area every day: foreign tourists; nannies with strollers; pensioners buying groceries; businesspeople commuting; high school students; sports fans; families taking luggage to the airport; .....
There are certainly occasional violent incidents on transit. Out of the 400k BART trips every day, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a dozen pick-pocketed wallets/phones every day, and the occasional mugging. If I were a small 12 year old girl, there are some BART stations I probably wouldn’t want to be alone in at midnight.
But crime on transit is not common (in general mugging and other violent crime in cities are down dramatically from the peak a few decades ago), and I have never personally felt threatened.
My wife commutes to work in SF by bike, and that is unfortunately far more dangerous (especially with all of the crazy Uber/Lyft drivers these days) than riding the bus.
> Every single one of my coworkers has a horror story
How many of your co-workers grew up in a not-rich family in a city?
- masonic 8y agoand the occasional mugging There were three BART homicides in five days last July.
- jacobolus 8y agoYes there are very rare rapes and even stabbings in transit stations, and that is terrible. Just like the same crimes are terrible on the street, at stores, in public parks, at offices, or at homes. There are also 400 traffic deaths and 2000 traffic injuries per year in the Bay Area. Statistically, the BART is a very safe way to travel.