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Originally Posted by Groundhog
This is so true. You could DIE if you take Philly public transit. I myself have been murdered on almost a daily basis for the last ~20 years on transit. It was ESPECAILLY bad when I took regional rail! But then bringing my son to/from daycare on the Broad Street line - always dead. Now taking the trolleys to/from West Philly to work or on the weekend, there's nothing left of me but dental records for the police to identify my body! In college, I also use to take the night owl up Broad and transfer to the 23 bus around 3-4a (depending on the line at Max's Cheesesteak), and my friends and I were ALWAYS robbed, then drawn and quartered!
But let's be serious for a moment here. Cars are not safe either. No, the only safe way to travel (and if we're assuming your from the suburbs walking isn't an option because that is for plebs and plebs alone), then you really need to fly to Center City. Yes, the best option is clearly flying to Walnut Street. Only safe way to actually travel.
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This Google thing is amazing….I can combat snark with cold hard facts!!
Passenger attacks another SEPTA rider with meat cleaver on late-night bus
The victim was able to wrestle the knife away from the stabber while on a southbound SEPTA Broad Street Line Owl bus around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2024, Philadelphia police said
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/septa-bus-meat-cleaver-attack/4001809/
Ive been using SEPTA since I was in middle school. I’m shaken by the recent violence — and other community members are, too.
https://www.thetrace.org/2024/03/septa-gun-violence-philadelphia-essay/
Woman randomly attacks another woman waiting for bus in Center City, police say
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/loc...r-bus-in-center-city-police-say/4053605/
Transit crime is back as a top concern in Philly and other U.S. cities, and political leaders have taken notice
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-transit-crime-mayor-parker-police-septa/
SEPTA workers experience some of the highest incidents of transit worker assaults nationwide, a federal agency says
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_ne...e87a85e-1b9c-5c8d-a9b7-d1eaa4062652.html
Man shot, injured on SEPTA train in Philadelphia after passenger attacked: Police
https://6abc.com/septa-shooting-broad-street-line-teenager-shot-philadelphia-police/14465674/
Nearly a dozen children have been hurt in the recent string of shootings. Mayor Parker vowed to “use every legal tool in the toolbox" to address the violence.
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-shooting-today-septa-bus-stop-rising-sun-cottman-burholme/
Suspect charged after fight leads to man being killed by SEPTA train in University City
https://6abc.com/septa-philadelphia-death-train-accident-34th-street-station/14275183/
Police ID man wanted in connection with triple shooting on SEPTA bus in Philadelphia
https://whyy.org/articles/septa-bus-triple-shooting-man-identified/
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