VANDALISM CRIME HAMPER PUBLIC TRANSIT; RECENT REPORT OUTLINES POTENTIAL CURES

A QUARTER-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT FUNDED BY UMTA AND CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE AMERICAN TRANSIT ASSOCIATION AND THE INSTITUTE FOR RAPID TRANSIT HAS DETERMINED THAT VANDALISM COST TRANSIT OPERATORS ABOUT $9 MILLION IN 1970 AND HALF A MILLION MORE IN 1971. THIS OMITS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LOST PATRONAGE, INCREASED SECURITY, AND OTHER INDIRECT COSTS. THE CRIME RATES IN 1970 WERE ONE INCIDENT FOR EVERY 8.2 MILLION REVENUE PASSENGERS SERVED, OR 2.9 MILLION VEHICLE MILES OPERATED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE INCIDENCE OF CRIME AND VANDALISM IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY IS ROUGHLY ON A PAR WITH THAT IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO GRAFFITI, FOR WHICH A VARIETY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MATERIALS SOLUTIONS ARE SUGGESTED.

• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-3
• Serial:
  • Highway Research News
  • Issue Number: 50

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crimes; Public transit; Vandalism
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222166
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1981 12:00AM