Scary Bus Stops

After conducting research on dangerous bus stops in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has embarked on another project to learn what strategies have been successful in addressing concerns by women about safety and the built environment.

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January 19, 2006, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


"Crime rates at bus stops were higher in areas with alleys and midblock passagesâ€"which provide quick getaways for criminalsâ€"as well as near multifamily housing, liquor stores, check-cashing businesses and alleys. Narrowness, darkness, lack of ground floor activities, lack of windows opening up onto a street or public area make these environments more susceptible to crime. 'Depending on the built environment around them, bus stops a block apart on the same route could be very different in terms of their safety.' "

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