Disorder on TTC vehicles like the one I ride make the city feel unsafe
The transit route I take most often is the 505 streetcar – the “Dundas car.” Lately, riding it has become a bit of an adventure.
One day earlier this month, I boarded the 505 in the late morning to head to work. A guy in a nearby seat was sorting through his backpack, strewing playing cards, potato chips and cigarette papers left and right. He looked up to see he was missing his stop so jumped out of his seat A few days later, I came home after dark on the 505. A woman with jet black hair and her face painted entirely white like a mime’s was cackling to herself as she wrote in a notebook with a bright orange felt pen and sucked on a big baby soother. At the back of the streetcar, a woman wearing a tattered and soiled pair of tights was looking at her phone and weeping.
The TTC’s latest, extra-long streetcars are ideal. With the driver shut away in a closed compartment, there is no one to check whether they are paying their fares or tell them not to smoke, drink or make a mess. The rates appear to be falling as commuters return to the transit system after the pandemic. The TTC is putting more guards, mental-health aides and housing workers on the system to fend off trouble and help those in need. Statistically, the odds of becoming a crime victim on public transit are still extremely low.
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