what do you mean "gated entry" and "limited escape options"? Like that if a crime happens, police should be able to stop the perpetrator immediately as they come out of any subway station? Sounds pretty optimistic to me.
I used the word “deterrence” though to close the thought :) people looking to do crime should find an easier place. But maybe it’s harder to get away with it on the streets of manhattan than on the subway, I’d have to ask a cop or a criminal to really know I suppose… I also heard sentences have been light in NYC, so maybe repeat offenders are everywhere and expect to eventually get caught anyway.
There’s no absolute need to guarantee or even catch the majority of them for a deterrence to be effective. But if it’s not effective (cameras broken, etc) then word will get around fast. That is the idea anyway.
But yeah I don’t have much confidence in government to do a great job there, unless the victim is a Fortune 500 CEO.
