Crime in public transit systems: An environmental design perspective |
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Authors: | Adele Pearlstein Martin Wachs |
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Institution: | (1) Commuter Transportation Services, Inc., Suite 900, 3325 Wilshire Boulevard, 90010 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.;(2) School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, 90024 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Crime on public transit is receiving increasing attention in the United States. This paper reviews security precautions taken in the planning of bus operations. Also included is a statistical analysis of criminal incidents occurring over a ten-year period on the Southern California Rapid Transit District of Los Angeles. The analysis shows that crime on transit has increased about in proportion to transit ridership, and that it is concentrated in both space and time. Crimes occur mostly on routes which traverse areas having high crime rates in general. Although most transit crimes occur at hours when ridership is high, the rates of occurrence are disproportionately high during the evening hours. Bus drivers experience much higher rates of exposure to criminal incidents than transit passengers. The transportation environment is really a complex of many dissimilar environments, and a variety of strategies is required to meet the needs posed by diverse environments. |
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