US cities perform relatively badly in the study, mostly because of issues around personal safety and crime. The highest ranking city in the US is San Francisco, at 28th; Boston is 34th. Canadian cities, led by Vancouver, do much better than their US rivals in the table. “You don’t realize how safe Vienna is until you go abroad,” said Hartlauer. “We also have terrific public transport, with the underground working 24 hours at weekends and it only costs €1 per trip.”
What is one reason why the Viennese public transport system is good, according to Hartlauer?
The subway is cheap to ride The trains run 24 hours a day, every day It is very safe The stations are clean and orderly