This Chapter examines how the characteristics of individuals’ residential areas and the conditions surrounding transit stations shape their experiences of victimisation and perceptions of safety. By analysing the influence of individual and socioeconomic factors, it seeks to identify disparities in safety perceptions and victimisation risks along the journey—from home to the departure station and onward to the destination—using southern Sweden as an example based on 3,407 survey responses. The findings suggest that the environment surrounding the station where a trip originates has a greater influence on travellers’ safety perceptions than the conditions at the destination station or their place of residence. These results highlight the need for enhanced stakeholder collaboration to address travellers’ safety concerns at different stages of their journey and to better understand how different groups adapt their routines to mitigate potential risks.

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Does Socio-economic Context Influence Transit Safety During Transit?

  • Vania Ceccato,
  • Catherine Sundling,
  • Gabriel Gliori

摘要

This Chapter examines how the characteristics of individuals’ residential areas and the conditions surrounding transit stations shape their experiences of victimisation and perceptions of safety. By analysing the influence of individual and socioeconomic factors, it seeks to identify disparities in safety perceptions and victimisation risks along the journey—from home to the departure station and onward to the destination—using southern Sweden as an example based on 3,407 survey responses. The findings suggest that the environment surrounding the station where a trip originates has a greater influence on travellers’ safety perceptions than the conditions at the destination station or their place of residence. These results highlight the need for enhanced stakeholder collaboration to address travellers’ safety concerns at different stages of their journey and to better understand how different groups adapt their routines to mitigate potential risks.