Overview
- A representative KJR survey of 1,200 people aged 14 to 27 found that about one in four young women feel unsafe on night-time public transport and 28% reported sexual harassment, with 75% avoiding night rides.
- The Green/Rosa Liste/Volt city-council group formally asked the mayor on October 21 to examine deploying the SafeNow emergency app across stations and vehicles in coordination with MVG, Deutsche Bahn and the Munich police.
- MVG called the tool interesting and said it will review a deployment, noting existing measures such as cameras, station intercoms and joint patrols with police.
- Deutsche Bahn emphasized that security requires coordinated multi-agency action and cautioned against relying on a single app.
- SafeNow cites pilots at Oktoberfest, Berlin Südkreuz and in Hamburg that reported higher perceived safety and rapid security responses, while the KJR pressed for low-cost information campaigns as police logged 14,925 public-transport offenses in 2024.