Public Transit Safety Among University Students Technical Report April 2020 i Public Transit Safety Public Transit Safety Among University Students Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, PhD Madeline Brozen Hao Ding Miriam Pinski Fariba Siddiq 2381 Public Affairs Building Los Angeles, CA 90095
[email protected] lewis.ucla.edu Copyright ©2020 i Public Transit Safety TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. UCLA-18-31, TO-010 N/A N/A 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Public Transportation Safety Among University Students March 2020 6. Performing Organization Code N/A 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, UCLA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0186-4751 PSR-UCLA-18-31 Madeline Brozen, UCLA Hao Ding, UCLA Miriam Pinski, UCLA Fariba Siddiq, UCLA 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies N/A 2381 Public Affairs Building 11. Contract or Grant No. Los Angeles, CA 90095 USDOT Grant 69A3551747109 Caltrans Grant 65A0674, Task Order 010 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Caltrans DRISI Final report (Feb. 2019–Mar. 2020) 1727 30th Street, MS 82 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Sacramento, CA 95816 USDOT OST-R 15. Supplementary Notes Report URL: https://www.metrans.org/research/public-transportation-safety-among-university-students 16. Abstract This study focuses on the sexual harassment experiences of university students during their public transit journeys. We focus on university students because this group is typically more transit dependent than the general public, and possibly because of their age, more vulnerable to victimization from sexual harassment than other adults.