Then, a car jumped the curb, killing two people. Traffic Safety: Brooklyn’s 18th Avenue was removed from a list of New York’s deadliest roads after fatalities dropped.Put into perspective, the current rate of 1.2 violent crimes for every one million rides is roughly equal to the chance of getting injured in a crash if one drives a car two miles.
and police statistics shows that the possibility of falling victim to violent crime in the subway remains remote, even as the rate of violent crimes - murder, rape, felony assault and robbery - per subway ride has more than doubled since 2019, before the pandemic’s disruption. Data bears them out.Ī New York Times analysis of M.T.A. They spoke of an increase in crime, but a system that transports the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers who ride each day without incident. They described a system with fewer riders, but more volatile ones. In interviews over the past week, more than two dozen spoke to The New York Times, offering a nuanced portrait of a system that is both a bellwether and an engine for the city. workers, vendors, shopkeepers, buskers - may be uniquely qualified to assess the subway’s problems and promise. The people who spend the most time in and around the system - M.T.A. While the chance of falling victim to violent crime on the subway remains low, according to a Times analysis, the topic provides fodder for television advertisements and campaign debates. In recent weeks, she has felt safer with more police officers around.Ī string of shoves, stabbings and shootings on the trains have grabbed public attention, and with only a few days to go before the midterm election, safety on the state-run subway has emerged as a key issue in the unexpectedly tight race for governor. “I know the Holy Spirit is with me, protecting me,” she said, though she hedges her bets by staying near the token booths, exits or employee break rooms, and within the sight of the platform cameras. She has been cursed at and verbally abused. Few New Yorkers have Nicolet Seymour’s platform-level understanding of the city’s subways.ĭuring her overnight shift cleaning the station at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street, she has gathered up needles and worked around people who refuse to move, or can’t.
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