In Luxembourg: Violence exploded in public transport in 2022
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In LuxembourgViolence exploded on public transport in 2022
LUXEMBOURG – The number of assaults on drivers, passengers and inappropriate behavior recorded has increased sharply in public transport.
On Friday, the Minister of Mobility and Public Works, François Bausch, executed the “Steering Committee in public transport”. And the statistics offered “an increase in assaults and the will to violence towards bus drivers and equipment compared to previous years”, the ministry said.
The figures speak for themselves: in 2022 there were 237 attacks on public transport agents (+30% compared to 2021), 197 attacks on third parties (+134%), 599 inappropriate behavior (+75% ), 260 offenses (+174%) and 66 acts of vandalism (+128%).
Security cabin
This explosion of registered cases is partly due to the development, in the summer of 2022, within the CFLs, of the digitization of the CIS tool, “Security incident reports”, allowing the simplification of the reporting of an incident that compromises security. drivers and passengers. Digitization which will soon be extended to RGTR, AVL, TICE and Luxtram operators and which will allow the establishment of detailed national statistics. An essential tool for setting up specific measures with the police.
To ensure driver safety, the ministry said 236 of the 1,045 RGTR buses (23%) were already equipped with a safety cabin or wall. Contacted by The essentialhe indicated “that the objective is to equip the rest of the fleet with RGTR buses as quickly as possible”.