Are You Always Skating One Step Ahead of Disaster?

Public transport is very safe. It's been there a long time. Transport systems, railway systems, have developed over the year to a point where they are remarkably safe. But one golden rule for any transit professional is you must maintain a state of good repair. There's no point in having a beautiful new subway extension if at the boundary you then encounter problems because you've allowed the existing network to fall into a problematic state.