There are certainly instances of this happening but this is mostly overblown by the media. The US is a huge country with millions taking public transit safely e

There are certainly instances of this happening but this is mostly overblown by the media. The US is a huge country with millions taking public transit safely everyday. I know more people who have been robbed on transit (via knife) in Europe than in the US. There are a lot of news articles about stabbings on trains in Europe as well.