Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations
In pursuing fear-reduction strategies in public transport, the total experience of accessing rail stations should be taken into account. This article correlates passengers’ fear of crime at train stations with neighborhood types and income data within the pedestrian catchment area. The research is b...
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| author | Sofie Kirt Strandbygaard Otto Anker Nielsen Alan Keith Spence Jones Bo Grönlund Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen |
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| description | In pursuing fear-reduction strategies in public transport, the total experience of accessing rail stations should be taken into account. This article correlates passengers’ fear of crime at train stations with neighborhood types and income data within the pedestrian catchment area. The research is based on urban form and income around 84 S-train stations in the Copenhagen metropolitan area and nine years of passenger surveys on fear of crime at these stations. The study reveals a significant positive correlation between low income and fear of crime; the lower the income in an urban area, the more unsafe passengers feel at the station. However, when controlling for the relationship between income, safety and neighborhood type, stations in neighborhoods with urban form associated with low incomes have the lowest ratings of safety. The research indicates that train passengers’ sense of security is connected to neighborhood type and the city’s planning characteristics. This is an important finding for urban designers and planners working on the integration of public transport and station design in urban areas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e204d7c2ced4f13af7ce128b60304bb2025-08-20T01:51:00ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492020-11-0113110.5198/jtlu.2020.1675Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stationsSofie Kirt Strandbygaard0Otto Anker Nielsen1Alan Keith Spence Jones2Bo Grönlund3Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen4Technical University DenmarkTechnical University of Denmark, Department of Technology, Management and EconomicsDanish Transport, Construction and Housing AuthorityThe Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture.Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil EngineeringIn pursuing fear-reduction strategies in public transport, the total experience of accessing rail stations should be taken into account. This article correlates passengers’ fear of crime at train stations with neighborhood types and income data within the pedestrian catchment area. The research is based on urban form and income around 84 S-train stations in the Copenhagen metropolitan area and nine years of passenger surveys on fear of crime at these stations. The study reveals a significant positive correlation between low income and fear of crime; the lower the income in an urban area, the more unsafe passengers feel at the station. However, when controlling for the relationship between income, safety and neighborhood type, stations in neighborhoods with urban form associated with low incomes have the lowest ratings of safety. The research indicates that train passengers’ sense of security is connected to neighborhood type and the city’s planning characteristics. This is an important finding for urban designers and planners working on the integration of public transport and station design in urban areas.https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1675Land useNeighbourhood typeFear of crimeStations |
| spellingShingle | Sofie Kirt Strandbygaard Otto Anker Nielsen Alan Keith Spence Jones Bo Grönlund Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations Journal of Transport and Land Use Land use Neighbourhood type Fear of crime Stations |
| title | Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations |
| title_full | Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations |
| title_fullStr | Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations |
| title_short | Fear follows form: A study of the relationship between neighborhood type, income and fear of crime at train stations |
| title_sort | fear follows form a study of the relationship between neighborhood type income and fear of crime at train stations |
| topic | Land use Neighbourhood type Fear of crime Stations |
| url | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1675 |
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