TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[DSCToronto]

This CNN article may be of some interest, if only to demonstrate that we are not alone! https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/climate/subway-cities-infrastructure-flooding

 

[evandyk]

Again, it was up to the school to offer it.

Pre-COVID, Ryerson did offer such a program for each student. I recall York debating it, but I don't know if they ended up approving it or not.

Dan

I remember the U of T student union debating it as well, and it wasn't approved. It's not like the passes are free, the student union pays it out of your student fees (albeit at a significantly discounted rate vs a normal monthly pass).

A quick google found this, saying that the TTC was willing in 2018 to give all students a "free" monthly pass for $70/student, if all students had to pay.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967070X19308005

 

[gabe]

This is scary during the morning rush as well.

2 passengers stabbed on TTC streetcar in Toronto's Little Italy: police​

Male suspect has been arrested and charged, Toronto police said​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/two-injured-streetcar-stabbing-college-bathurst-1.7616963

 

[Admiral Beez]

This is scary during the morning rush as well.

2 passengers stabbed on TTC streetcar in Toronto's Little Italy: police​

Male suspect has been arrested and charged, Toronto police said​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/two-injured-streetcar-stabbing-college-bathurst-1.7616963

They'll be out on bail by week's end, tops.

 

[zang]

They'll be out on bail by week's end, tops.

With attempted murder charges? Highly unlikely.

 

[turbanplanner]

With attempted murder charges? Highly unlikely.

Stranger things have happened

 

[mr_content]

They'll be out on bail by week's end, tops.

Given the laundry list of charges he's facing—including failure to comply with release orders and probation—the cost of bail is likely to be prohibitive if offered at all.

I guess if there's any silver lining here for passenger safety it's that this was targeted, rather than some nutjob with an appetite for trouble. Not much of a silver lining, mind you...

 

[evandyk]

Although the second guy stabbed seems to be a bystander who tried to step in, another reminder of why many people choose to look the other way at anti-social behaviour in the moment.

 

[81-717]

Given the laundry list of charges he's facing—including failure to comply with release orders and probation—the cost of bail is likely to be prohibitive if offered at all.

So it's not the first time he's been "caught & released", eh?

 

[zang]

So it's not the first time he's been "caught & released", eh?

Should we ban probation then?

 

[81-717]

Should we ban probation then?

Depends what he was caught & released for the first time. If it was something similar to this, he should never have been released in the first place

 

[zang]

Depends what he was caught & released for the first time. If it was something similar to this, he should never have been released in the first place

Likely not assault with a weapon, attempted murder, etc.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Should we ban probation then?

Might not be a bad idea for certain types of crimes.

AoD

 

[Admiral Beez]

Should we ban probation then?

For violent crime, in most cases yes. There is such a thing as bad people.

 

[nfitz]

Should we ban probation then?

A quick look at data suggests there's about 8,000 in Ontario currently in jail, and 32,000 on probation.

So at a minimum we'd have to quadruple the prison budget.

I doubt this guy is getting probabation though - even if the information suggests this is domestic, suggesting he isn't a risk to the general population.