A study of bus route crime risk in urban areas: the changing environs of a bus journey
The risk of bus route crime and how it is influenced by environmental characteristics along the bus corridor was studied. The environmental characteristics include changing levels of crime risk, socioeconomic influences, and changes to the physical infrastructure including land use. Three urbancase study areas (South Yorkshire, Merseyside and London, UK) are used. The findings indicate that the risk of bus crime along a journey is influenced by overall levels of crime (for specific categories of crime only), that the level of risk increases in high crime areas, and that the risk is raised further where there are more stops along that route. The number of bus crime incidents is relatively low compared with the public's perception of crime. Prevention implications of these findings are discussed.
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Authors:
- NEWTON, A
- Publication Date: 2008
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 88-103
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Serial:
- BUILT ENVIRONMENT
- Volume: 34
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Alexandrine Press
- ISSN: 0263-7960
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus stops; Buses; Crimes; Frequency (Electromagnetism); Land use; Planning; Prevention; Public transit; Risk assessment; Sociology; Transportation corridors; Urban areas
- ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1116: Corridor (transp); 6997: Frequency; 356: Land use; 1516: Offence; 143: Planning; 9149: Prevention; 744: Public transport; 9129: Risk assessment; 2253: Sociology; 1084: Stop (public transport); 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities; I70: Traffic and Transport; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01100115
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: TRL
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: May 27 2008 9:43AM