erikyow
New Member
Forbid papers? Ridiculous idea. I can read what I want where I want, so slag off.
Stop allowing Metro and the other free rags from setting up boxes at TTC stations and you will solve 99% of the paper problem. People who have purchased a Star or Globe and Mail, who are already a small percentage of newspaper readers, are far less likely to leave it behind, in my experience.
Agreed. I know the feeling because sometimes I take a Metro just to do the sudoku or crossword puzzle. Afterwards, I feel guilty just throwing it away, so I've been tempted to just leave it. I think that it's a brand new paper (filled-in game aside) and that maybe someone else will want to read it and that assuages my guilt of throwing away a perfectly good paper. Then I look around at the 80 other discarded papers, regain my wits and take the paper and dispose of it properly when I get off.
I'd be OK with drinks (in disposable cups) and food being banned. I'll admit (today, for example), that I did have a sandwich en route to class. But for the greater good, I'd be happy to give up the rare occasion that I need to eat whilst on transit.
Also, it's worth noting that most of the T1s on the BD line are the oldest. There can be upwards of a six year difference between a T1 on the Bloor-Danforth line and one on the YUS line. Whether it's just age or that there are better maintenance practices at Wilson versus Greenwood, I can't say. But it is worth mentioning as a possible reason why there is now a noticeable difference between the older T1s and the newer ones that are slowly being transferred but are still predominantly found on the YUS line.