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This is a gross simplification. Public transportation IS full of mentally ill people and the homeless, and lots of women feel unsafe on busses and trains. It's not the rich who prefer personal vehicle transport; everyone does
Counterpoint, the highways are also full of mentally ill people and statistically it's more risky to drive than take the bus / train.
I think people fear violent death more than they fear accidental death. If american cities want more people to ride public transportation, they need to clean up public transportation. If you've been outside of the US you see how countries with far fewer resources than us do a lot more with their public transportation.
They're cleaner, less noisy, and the police will actually do something about antisocial behavior on the trains. Until we have something like that in thr US, I will avoid taking the bus
Broken glass, fire, impalement, road rash, and being thrown around like a rag doll... thinking highway death isn't violent is just a very fortunate lacking in imagination.