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A quick look at some of the things that make your city’s transit system work (or not)
Transit Safety and Crime:

Businesses unhappy over perceived/real crimes along Portland MAX lines. image by Lester Of Puppets
% of Canadians feel safe walking alone in neighbourhood after dark: 90
% of Canadians not worried using public transit alone after dark: 57
% of crime incidents occurring on transit vehicles: 22
Number 1 type of crime on transit: Disorderly conduct
Number of transit passenger fatalities in US per year: 230
Passenger car fatalities: 13,100
% of total transportation fatalities related to transit: 0.61
Number of crime incidents on Translink (Vancouver) system: 3500
Number of transit officers in Vancouver: 169
Number of crime incidents on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC): 3800
Number of TTC special constables: 95
Trips per year on Translink: 348 million
Trips per year on TTC: 460 million
Odds of being crime victim/offender on TTC: 1 in 121,000
Odds of being killed in a car crash: 1 in 5000
Extra ridership generated if public transit made safer: 10.5%
% decrease for police service calls nearby classical music transit stations: 40
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