These Charts Explain Why Public Transit is Safer Than Driving – Scientific American

By Tanya Lewis

There’s a common perception in the U.S. that taking public transit is dangerous. Headlines blare gruesome reports of people getting pushed in front of subway trains or attacked by strangers, stoking fear and anxiety. Last month President Donald Trump’s secretary of transportation threatened to withhold funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority—which runs the New York City subway and other public transit in New York State and Connecticut—unless it provided plans to reduce crime on the system.

But in reality, a closer look shows the safety risks of taking public transportation are relatively low. According to the data, driving a car in the U.S. is far more dangerous than taking public transit—in terms of crash risk and crime.

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