Thanks for the reply. TIL about the Portland's LRT. After watching a video about it [1], my impression about the LRT is that it seems like one of the best LRT in North America.

The crime part is really unfortunate though, and I doubt there is anything the LRT can do about it as it's not their fault, rather, it's probably a systematic problem, cmiiw.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpfRKqy96_E