55 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents fear violence on public transportation: poll

While many Metro Vancouver residents use public transportation to get around, a new poll suggests most don’t feel safe while doing so.

“Usually, it’s pretty safe, but every so often it gets a bit sketchy,” one frequent transit passenger told CityNews.

Commissioned by CityNews and done by Canada Pulse Insights, the poll suggests 68 per cent of people in Metro Vancouver feel safe in their neighborhoods at night.

But it’s a different story when it comes to public transportation. With 55 per cent saying they fear being victims of violence while riding a bus or the Skytrain.

“The number surprises me, I wouldn’t have thought that many people live in fear of that,” said another Metro Vancouver resident.

And some people CityNews spoke to say they’ve even experienced or seen violence on transi