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3 results foundAuthor: Currie, Graham Title: Perceptions and Realities of Personal Safety on Public Transport for Young People in Melbourne Summary: This paper aims to explore how perceptions of safety relate to actual experience in the context of urban public transport. It presents the results of an empirical analysis of links between perceptions of personal safety on public transport and compares these with actual experience of travellers. The focus of the work is a survey of young people using public transport in Melbourne Australia. The research literature demonstrates contrasting views with regard to perceptions of personal safety and actual risks. Positive links have been found in some contexts while others have found fears to be unrelated to risk. Some crime surveys and empirical studies suggest perceptions of personal safety are not justified by crime rates. However a series of surveys have shown that those with direct experience of safety incidents have greater concerns with safety. Other research suggests that feelings of anxiety and psychological factors act to make some people feel uncomfortable on public transport and that this acts to increase perceptions of poor personal safety. The paper aims to explore which factors are more important in explaining perceptions of safety. The analysis has identified a series of three statistically significant models which predict personal feelings of safety on public transport using different measures of safety perceptions. In each model psychological influences i.e. "feeling comfortable with people you don't know" had the biggest individual influence on perceptions of safety with a medium effect size. Gender and the actual experience of a personal safety incident were also found to influence perceptions of personal safety but these variables only had a small effect on perceptions of safety. The paper discusses policy and research implications of the findings including suggestions for future research. Details: Melbourne: Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, 2010. 14p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 20, 2015 at: http://www.atrf.info/papers/2010/2010_currie_delbosc_mahmoud.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Australia URL: http://www.atrf.info/papers/2010/2010_currie_delbosc_mahmoud.pdf Shelf Number: 135304 Keywords: Public TransportTransit Crime Transportation Safety |
Author: Volinski, Joel M. Title: Addressing Difficult Customer Situations: A Synthesis of Transit Practice Summary: Addressing Difficult Customer Situations explores issues surrounding difficult customers or passengers and the variety of circumstances that can arise when they utilize transit system facilities or vehicles. The report identifies current practices used by transit agencies to prevent, prepare for, and deal with these incidents. Details: Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, 2017. 80p. Source: Internet Resource: TCRP Synthesis 127: Accessed March 2, 2017 at: https://www.nap.edu/download/24701 Year: 2017 Country: United States URL: https://www.nap.edu/download/24701 Shelf Number: 141296 Keywords: PassengersPublic TransportationTransit CrimeTransportation SafetyTransportation Security |
Author: Smith, Gwen Chisholm Title: Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems Summary: TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 52: Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems explores the use of video surveilance systems on buses, trains, and stations. The widespread use of such video surveillance systems has generated numerous legal issues, such as a system's ability to utilize video to discipline union and non-union employees, safety issues associated with such use, public access to such video, and retention policies regarding video, among others. This digest explores federal and state laws to address these issues, along with the current practices employed by transit agencies to comply with those laws. Details: Washington, DC: Transit Cooperative Research Program, 2018. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Legal Research Digest 52: Accessed June 30, 2018 at: https://www.nap.edu/download/25055 Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: https://www.nap.edu/download/25055 Shelf Number: 1500747 Keywords: PrivacyTransit CrimeTransit SystemsTransportationTransportation Safety Transportation SecurityVideo Surveillance |