This has me wondering just how common the public safe zones are actually going to be.
In Eve this wasn't really a problem since you just docked up at one of the many, many stations spread throughout the cluster and then you were safe. In fact, inside a station is the only place where you are absolutely safe in Eve, but you can't really do much from inside a station beyond market stuff.
I think having somewhere that is absolutely safe and somewhat easily accessible is important, but there should be a trade-off to being inside that safe zone. Namely, being stuck in a space where you can't really do a whole lot.