GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[anb]

6ixbuzztv knows exactly what they're doing posting a video showing people breaking rules who all ~just happen~ to be of the same race. They don't offer anything of value or journalistic when posting it, just put it out there as "what do you think? " content -- being perfectly okay with stoking division and people leaving racist comments on the video. Their entire m.o. is thriving on rage-bait content and the barrage of awful opinions it attracts.

I know that all of these Toronto based pages on IG (and other social media to an extent) have one agenda in mind for this one particular race. Wish it really didn’t have to come to using 6ixbuzz but they were the only big ones at the time who had footage of this. I meant to just show that people were crossing the tracks in general which imo is ridiculous, unsafe, and illegal, and it had absolutely nothing to do with race at all.

 

[nfitz]

It wasn't clear to me where all those people were coming from. Detraining?

What's worse, dangerously crowding a platform, or safely crossing a 100% empty track?

I'm concerned that anyone would even notice the skin colour of those involved, let alone think it's okay to comment on it.

 

[christiesplits]

I've been to Union Station on busy summer weekends where a Jays game is on and have seen people of all backgrounds cross the tracks.

 

[sixrings]

I've been to Union Station on busy summer weekends where a Jays game is on and have seen people of all backgrounds cross the tracks.

Of course people of all backgrounds cross the tracks. But this video in particular seemingly shows 99.9% brown people crossing the track. It’s all just a coincidence.

 

[turbanplanner]

Of course people of all backgrounds cross the tracks. But this video in particular seemingly shows 99.9% brown people crossing the track. It’s all just a coincidence.

Visit the lawless wasteland of Brampton and see how much more anti social behavior there is vs somewhere like Oakville.

It's fixed now but when I was in Poland the only way to change platforms was to climb down onto the tracks

 

[sixrings]

Visit the lawless wasteland of Brampton and see how much more anti social behavior there is vs somewhere like Oakville.

It's fixed now but when I was in Poland the only way to change platforms was to climb down onto the tracks

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I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic describing Brampton as a “lawless wasteland.” If so maybe throw in an emoji. If not I won’t tell the mods how to do their job.

 

[KevinT]

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In situations like this I've always thought that there should be a 1 meter high (or so) chain link fence between tracks to discourage people from just hopping across, especially where there aren't 48 inch high platform edges. The center-running on-street sections of Waterloo Region's ION, and the Finch, Hurontario, and Eglington LRTs should have this as well. Unfortunately for (the current) Union Station you have single tracks surrounded by platform on either side, so there's not even the opportunity to do it there if you wanted to.

 

[Sunnyside]

In situations like this I've always thought that there should be a 1 meter high (or so) chain link fence between tracks to discourage people from just hopping across, especially where there aren't 48 inch high platform edges. The center-running on-street sections of Waterloo Region's ION, and the Finch, Hurontario, and Eglington LRTs should have this as well. Unfortunately for (the current) Union Station you have single tracks surrounded by platform on either side, so there's not even the opportunity to do it there if you wanted to.

These do exist at Bloor GO. Noticed it on Saturday.

Part of the issue (imo) is low platforms are just too easy to walk across, and the ease of moving from one platform to the next properly is nonexistent- it’s quite slow and painful really. I’m not sure why you’d need to do this in the first place, but I’ve never alighted and had an uncrowded walk down to the concourse.

 

[turbanplanner]

In situations like this I've always thought that there should be a 1 meter high (or so) chain link fence between tracks to discourage people from just hopping across, especially where there aren't 48 inch high platform edges. The center-running on-street sections of Waterloo Region's ION, and the Finch, Hurontario, and Eglington LRTs should have this as well. Unfortunately for (the current) Union Station you have single tracks surrounded by platform on either side, so there's not even the opportunity to do it there if you wanted to.

At the time that unless you were going to walk on a dirt road that was the only way to cross sides.

 

[abovegrade]

I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic describing Brampton as a “lawless wasteland.” If so maybe throw in an emoji. If not I won’t tell the mods how to do their job.

Hey man, just curious. What was offensive about that?

I have always heard around the joke that Brampton feels a bit lawless to some degree (although I acknowledge that is an exaggeration).

Have you tried driving there? It can be intense.

 

[JasonParis]

Another reason for level-boarding to be instituted.

 

[Allandale25]

Plus wider platforms.

 

[sixrings]

Hey man, just curious. What was offensive about that?

I have always heard around the joke that Brampton feels a bit lawless to some degree (although I acknowledge that is an exaggeration).

Have you tried driving there? It can be intense.

Well. I think the post is offensive partially because it immediately followed a discussion about whether a video showing mostly non white people crossing the tracks at union station was racist or not. It can be implied that if Brampton is a lawless wasteland then the poster is trying to presume that Oakville is a model of order and Btw the demographics of Brampton is typically non white while the demographic of Oakville is definitely white. So essentially the white person follows the rules while the non white is lawless.

 

[nfitz]

Another reason for level-boarding to be instituted.

Another reason to go back to toilets that flush directly onto the tracks. Though I guess then they'd put back the "don't flush in the station" signs.

 

[abovegrade]

Well. I think the post is offensive partially because it immediately followed a discussion about whether a video showing mostly non white people crossing the tracks at union station was racist or not. It can be implied that if Brampton is a lawless wasteland then the poster is trying to presume that Oakville is a model of order and Btw the demographics of Brampton is typically non white while the demographic of Oakville is definitely white. So essentially the white person follows the rules while the non white is lawless.

ah gotcha. I see your perspective