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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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They don’t understand probability

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[–] 11 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

The per 100,000 is pretty standard for per capita

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah but I don't understand how it would combine with the 500 rides. Were they counting only people who rode 500 times a year? Or is the implication that for this line they didn't go by 100000 people, but instead by 500 rides? That would make it incomparable. I just don't get it

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Although saying per capita here would be misleading, because it's not like those people ride the subway 500 times AND drives a car everywhere. The ones who take the subway are the only ones at risk of subway homocide, the ones who drive are actually less likely to die in a traffic accident than people outside of their car like pedestrians and bikers, and the two groups probably are much different in size.

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