ITcomputer
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wasn't sure if this should go under Transportation & Infrastructure or Toronto issues:
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18648.aspx
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18648.aspx
Eighteen-year-old college student Jennifer Kutosa (pictured) relied on the TTC for her daily trip to George Brown College, and for the most part her experiences with the streetcar commute on the busy King St. line were positive. The doors always opened for her and she got to school on the cheap by using her Metropass. But her perception of the public transit service was dramatically altered when those same doors slammed shut on her when she desperately needed help.
Kutosa was beaten by two thugs while trying to board the 504 car at King St. and Yonge on Tuesday at around 3pm, and she maintains the driver of the streetcar saw her ordeal, but closed the doors and took off without helping or calling authorities, leaving her to fend for herself.
Anyone seen the "Drunk Vomit Comet Bus Fight" video (or whatever it's called) on YouTube?
That thing went on for like 10 mins and the bus driver just kept on driving...didn't stop...didn't even come over the loud speaker....did NOTHING.
Then again, if I was a bus driver, I doubt I'd risk bodily harm when a) I'm not getting paid a lot (although I don't know their salaries for sure) b) I have nothing to help out with (like a stick or spray) c) given our backwards justice system, I could be the one being charged with assaulting some youths.
I think most drivers are pretty good. In Miss. they have highlighted more than one incident where transit drivers saw crime in progress, etc. and gave assistance. They are presented with recognition certificates, with Hazel present.
If they can identify the driver who slammed the door on this girl, he should be disciplined.
We had something like that with the TTC. They would put up posters with employees that had made a difference through heroic acts and initiative. I don't remember if there was formal recognition beyond that though.
Those ads were a joke. The "heroic" acts included picking up the phone and calling transit control. What do TTC Special Constables do? I see them all over the place, idling in their Impalas. Has there been a marked decrease in crime or vandalism since they were put on the beat?