I mean people are vulnerable inside a sealed train carriage in a dense urban area with a lot of issues and crime. San Francisco is a leading low level crime location in the nation and there are assaults and robberies on the BART system.
> For people who spend 60 minutes (or more) commuting, this is obnoxious.
I’m sure it’s merely obnoxious for you - but it’s there for people more vulnerable than you who get assaulted.
Once you witness a robbery or an act of violence on one of those trains and it scares you silly, you'll quickly rethink the "over surveillance" stance..
> For people who spend 60 minutes (or more) commuting, this is obnoxious.
I’m sure it’s merely obnoxious for you - but it’s there for people more vulnerable than you who get assaulted.