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Americans are afraid of transit crime. Part of the negative image around public transit comes from the idea that it is dangerous (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Statistics do not help, when you have a feeling. The honest solution is to make the experience feel safer. So clean open friendly light stations help a lot and the trains should also be clean and friendly.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    The honest solution is to make the experience feel safer. So clean open friendly light stations help a lot and the trains should also be clean and friendly.

    No, no, the solution is to remove the benches, setup hostile architecture, put bars on every piece of glass, and...

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Exactly. Dirty noisy smelly subways are not where people want to be. I'll take a car any day over that. Sorry.

    Tbf, ive only been on the Chicago and Boston subways. They were pretty freaky at night.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    You're right, but in a car youre isolated from that, see the difference ?

    A car driving through a crappy neighborhood os better than getting on a subway in a carappy neighborhood. Now, this isnt even a question of are cars good or bad but more of if the streets were cleaned up decently and we had well taken care of public transit.

    Inner city I agree cars are a nightmare. Sub 100k people towns and rural areas, they are necessary.

    They're also necessary if you haul a lot of stuff for work/hobbies, as I do.

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