LGBTQI+ safety perceptions in transit environments

This article seeks to investigate the nature of safety perceptions of train travellers, focusing on the experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals of the environments of railway stations and the way to them. This study makes use of descriptive statistics and binary logistic regr...

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Main Authors: Vania Ceccato, Gabriel Gliori, Catherine Sundling
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Urban Mobility
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091724000177
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description This article seeks to investigate the nature of safety perceptions of train travellers, focusing on the experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals of the environments of railway stations and the way to them. This study makes use of descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression with a dataset specially tailored from a safety survey collected in 2022 in Southern Sweden. Large variations of travellers' safety perceptions are found in relation to the time of day and across transit environments, regardless of gender or any other individual attributes or characteristics relating to their particular trips. Previous victimisation impacts safety for all groups, but travellers fear crimes that are not common in transit situations. Women are more likely to be fearful, but the most fearful of all are women who identify themselves as LGBTQI+ /other. Such a pattern is not found in men, who declare themselves to be the safest of all travellers. The implications of these results are explored both in terms of future research questions and practical implications.
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spelling doaj-art-96513b4c9c7f485099b664017dc982d22024-12-17T05:01:44ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Mobility2667-09172024-12-016100087LGBTQI+ safety perceptions in transit environmentsVania Ceccato0Gabriel Gliori1Catherine Sundling2Urban and Community Safety Research Group - UCS, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Corresponding author.Urban and Community Safety Research Group - UCS, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Social Sciences, Södertörn University, SwedenThis article seeks to investigate the nature of safety perceptions of train travellers, focusing on the experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals of the environments of railway stations and the way to them. This study makes use of descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression with a dataset specially tailored from a safety survey collected in 2022 in Southern Sweden. Large variations of travellers' safety perceptions are found in relation to the time of day and across transit environments, regardless of gender or any other individual attributes or characteristics relating to their particular trips. Previous victimisation impacts safety for all groups, but travellers fear crimes that are not common in transit situations. Women are more likely to be fearful, but the most fearful of all are women who identify themselves as LGBTQI+ /other. Such a pattern is not found in men, who declare themselves to be the safest of all travellers. The implications of these results are explored both in terms of future research questions and practical implications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091724000177QueerRailwayTransmobilitiesDaytimePublic transportationPublic space
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LGBTQI+ safety perceptions in transit environments
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Transmobilities
Daytime
Public transportation
Public space
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title_short LGBTQI+ safety perceptions in transit environments
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topic Queer
Railway
Transmobilities
Daytime
Public transportation
Public space
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