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Originally Posted by Wormius
I suppose. Never saw anybody being threatened or bothered by homeless people on the trains or platforms during commuting hours myself, so the improved safety angle seems a little much.
I don’t even think that is what is causing ridership lows. We have a system that is downtown weekday commuter focused. Ridership is low outside those periods because the service is reduced. 5 or so minutes between trains in the morning or afternoon rush is great. Outside those hours it’s less compelling especially when you have free parking after 6, why would you take transit at $7.20 per person for a roundtrip.
*if* somehow the result of the security presence is more ridership and it leads to better service then I’m all for that.
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Not I’m not saying improved safety I’m say the perception of safety increases. When the perception of safety increases more people consider the train viable and ridership increases. I think the affect should be monitored but it’s a simple cost /benefit suggests making people feel safer increases ridership. Kind of like bike lanes make people feel safe riding bikes so bike commuting increases. Surveys show the perception of safety was dropping post pandemic. That needs to be corrected even if actual safety is unchanged.