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"isolated or unlit places such as parks that feel unsafe after dark, especially for women".
I hate this so much, gaslighting people like this. They are unsafe, that's the point, it actually happens and it happens a lot. It's not women "feeling" unsafe for no reason.
"socially unsafe" fuck that stupid language.
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Tbf that particular offensive quote was from the women's cycle assoc, and the article itself did say pretty early on it's "the term used for routes where there is a risk of harm from others due to factors such as poor lighting and a lack of escape routes", and that "More than half of the cycleways have at least one socially unsafe area, with seven being completely unsafe after dark" which accurately describes the situation. Agree poor choice of terminology though. Also, which bus station?
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Also, not just women. Or is this a bit too much like not all men?
The bit near Millwall has always been sketchy IMO, in the late 90s I worked at the football stadium and always felt safer when there were multiple of us walking back to rotherhithe.
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"Social safety" is used to identify issues that are not traffic-related safety, since both are disincentives to cycling (and walking, jogging, skating etc. essentially any form of active travel).
Feeling unsafe is a key metric because it's the feeling of not being safe that puts people off. We're not good as a species at accurately assessing objective levels of risk in all circumstances.
Actually being unsafe i.e. in an area of frequent assaults or collisions, is a separate metric that's important for harm reduction independent of an effort to get people on cycles.
youClown
lynx
ffm
Night cycling socially unsafe for women
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm27x5klxxlo