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There's a widely-held view that public transit is associated with higher crime rates, but it's a myth: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/01/transit

• xxpor 13y ago
  Ding ding ding, we have a winner.
• UVB-76 13y ago
  > In fact, the data shows that if anything, introducing more transit will reduce crime. Careful. The provision of new or improved public transport facilities often coincides with, or precedes, the gentrification of an area. I'd hypothesize this is the more significant causal mechanism at play; ne'er-do-wells driven out of an area by higher property prices.
  • grandalf 13y ago
    I think it's just incredibly inconvenient to get from the tenderloin to the ritzy areas of SF by public transit. You pretty much need a car or car service.
    • WildUtah 13y ago
      Well, there are cable cars but thugs and crooks don't like to ride with tourists. There are some social lines one simply doesn't lower oneself to cross (unless mugging them directly -- that's like social justice).
    • rdl 13y ago
      The TL is immediately adjacent to the rity commercial area (Union Square), to the point where tourists accidentally walk there. Bayview/HP aren't even that isolated -- the T muni line goes there, along with lots of buses. At some level it's inconvenient to go anywhere in SF, but Pac Heights isn't too hard to get to by transit. The Marina is low elevation, but separated by some hills, but even that isn't inaccessible.