After conducting research on dangerous bus stops in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has embarked on another project to learn what strategies have been successful in addressing concerns by women about safety and the built environment.
"Crime rates at bus stops were higher in areas with alleys and midblock passagesâ€"which provide quick getaways for criminalsâ€"as well as near multifamily housing, liquor stores, check-cashing businesses and alleys. Narrowness, darkness, lack of ground floor activities, lack of windows opening up onto a street or public area make these environments more susceptible to crime. 'Depending on the built environment around them, bus stops a block apart on the same route could be very different in terms of their safety.' "
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