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Originally Posted by Crawford
You're telling me that Philly transit, prior to March 2020, didn't have a bum/junkie issue, and now does, and that's the reason for the depressed ridership? Nope.
Philly ridership seems to be growing pretty robustly, BTW. Which is almost certainly explained by a growing share of in-office work.
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I don't think that's what is being argued. The argument isn't that crime on transit didn't exist before... It's that it's far worse now than it was pre-pandemic, hence it's having an impact on people's decision to take transit.
For example, here in Chicago, I would rather spend the extra money and take an Uber late night as opposed to taking the Red line. I'm not sure what that line of thinking would have been pre-pandemic as I didn't live in Chicago then.