Transit Safety for a Sustainable City

Transit Safety for a Sustainable City

by Vania CeccatoCatherine Sundling and Gabriel Gliori
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 13/10/2025

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This open access book paves the way for transformative strategies that increase the role of railway stations and other related transit environments in contributing to the global goals for sustainable development (the UN’s sustainability goals in Agenda 2030). Drawing on insights from a Swedish case, this book adopts a systems thinking approach to investigate how environments impact transit safety and provide strategies to address the diverse safety needs of users. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, including field inspections, analysis of official data, questionnaire surveys, and interviews. These data sources are analysed using statistical techniques, GIS mapping, and regression modelling. Building on these findings, the book also critically examines how future railway station designs are currently being planned to enhance accessibility and safety. This book answers the following questions: Why are certain station environments perceived as more unsafe than others, even though fewer crimes are committed there? Why do different groups of travelers differ about victimization and safety? From a governance perspective, what would make these places safer? What are the patterns of victimization of vulnerable groups, such as women and individuals with disabilities? The findings have international resonance as this book demonstrates the connection between safety and sustainability, offering useful insights and recommendations for researchers, practitioners and policymakers committed to shaping safer, more inclusive transit environments.

ISBN:
9783031974274
9783031974274
Category:
Human geography
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
13-10-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Nature Switzerland

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