Many people ride Metro because it's convenient...relieves hassles of parking, having to rely on the expense of car ownership. Many people, students at Wash U and SLU, and many with good and very good jobs in St. Louis exist that don't even own cars who rely on Metro, walking, cabs and biking. St. Louis isn't any different than any other big city in this issue. If you were keeping up with urban forums and blogs, you'd know this. And you do know that if crime was an issue on Metro, our local media would jump on it like flies on horse doo doo, right? Anyway, we're getting off topic.