Trains are extremely dangerous for pedestrians, and they create spaces (train tracks) cutting up the city where pedestrians are unwelcome. We regularly and unabashedly victim-blame pedestrians who die after getting in the way of trains. We even do it in TV commercials set to catchy music. [0].
I agree that trains are a better idea than personal cars in general, and that cities should be designed for as much walkability as possible.
But walking alone doesn't cut it, and once you introduce trains, you have the same problem foxop pointed out: spaces that vehicles own and pedestrians must tread carefully in, where pedestrians will be blamed for their own deaths when killed by those vehicles. They are unavoidable. We just get to choose which kind of vehicle goes in them.
I agree that trains are a better idea than personal cars in general, and that cities should be designed for as much walkability as possible.
But walking alone doesn't cut it, and once you introduce trains, you have the same problem foxop pointed out: spaces that vehicles own and pedestrians must tread carefully in, where pedestrians will be blamed for their own deaths when killed by those vehicles. They are unavoidable. We just get to choose which kind of vehicle goes in them.
[0] http://www.dumbwaystodie.com/