Public transportation IS getting more dangerous. The lame stream media is steadfastly refusing to make that little tidbit of information public knowledge. Can’t have the taxpayers’ knowing, they might vote to discontinue funding for the black hole of public transportation. Can’t have people responsible for their own transportation needs, it’s too much like right.
Another problem is that public transportation is a vector for all sorts of contagious diseases. How much more use of the overburdened health care system gets used by people who use public transportation rather than individual cars?