Public Transportation Safety among University Students

Project ID:

LA1907

Year Completed:

2019

Funding Source:

Statewide Transportation Research Program & Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation Center

Project Description

Transit use is on the decline in many American cities. Research has shown that concerns about transit safety may influence travel behavior and transit use, and that women are particularly fearful about victimization while travelling. Studies have also shown that women are also very concerned about one type of crime — sexual harassment — which often goes unreported, and thus remains largely invisible to transit operators.

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (PI)

Professor; Associate Dean of the School of Public Affairs

Research Team

Madeline Brozen, Miriam Pinski, Hao Ding, Fariba Siddiq

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