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81-717 said:
Why bother checking those who obviously already paid their fare (any fare enforcement should've happened for them when boarding the bus/tram) rather than those entering from the street at the turnstiles? Talk about barking at the wrong tree.
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Another thing is that, you don’t see Fare enforcement officers on Barrie Transit/Simcoe Linx and Oakville Transit. Neither of them don’t offer All Door boarding and lastly TTC doesn’t offer any all door boarding on buses
 
Richard White said:
In other news..

Someone finally got the memo and decided to do fare enforcement at Main Station.

Everyone coming off streetcars and buses heading to the subway had their fare checked without exception.
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Great! Especially as they can do it with existing resources. That should put a stop to some of the whining we hear here about the issue. Though I'm sure people will find something else.

CMQSD402F9011 said:
... TTC doesn’t offer any all door boarding on buses
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TTC frequently has all-door boarding on buses at busy stops. Even with 4 or 5 people, I've been lined up at the back door (in a line to the front door) with no one on the bus at all, and the driver opens the back door. I'm guessing they are less likely to do this outside a high school, but it's very common practice. Which does make me wonder how often you ride TTC.
 
CMQSD402F9011 said:
Another thing is that, you don’t see Fare enforcement officers on Barrie Transit/Simcoe Linx and Oakville Transit. Neither of them don’t offer All Door boarding and lastly TTC doesn’t offer any all door boarding on buses
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I feel like it's a form of security theatre, like the TSA/CATSA. It makes people think that the TTC is taking fare evasion seriously.

The first time I saw them doing off-board inspections at bus terminals was at Finch. I accidentally sprinted past them cause I was late for something (I used to do 200m track and field). I think they yelled at me, but none of them actually bothered to chase me.

I usually sprint up the left side of the corridor from the bus terminal to the subway if I see a long line and I'm in a rush. I let them check me in other scenarios. I don't really see how they're all that effective, though, to be honest.
 
T3G said:
Line 1 is bypassing Dundas both ways due to a stabbing
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Ah that explains the non stop sirens i heard this afternoon. I was in the area today.

Maybe instead of wasting millions on re-naming stations. They could spend that money on safety instead?

Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300%

Exclusive data shows crime rates still well above pre-pandemic level

 
nfitz said:
Great! Especially as they can do it with existing resources. That should put a stop to some of the whining we hear here about the issue. Though I'm sure people will find something else.

TTC frequently has all-door boarding on buses at busy stops. Even with 4 or 5 people, I've been lined up at the back door (in a line to the front door) with no one on the bus at all, and the driver opens the back door. I'm guessing they are less likely to do this outside a high school, but it's very common practice. Which does make me wonder how often you ride TTC.
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A continuing pet peeve of mine are the fully able-bodied people who walk from the back of the bus to exit out the front door of the bus. Ignoring the centre doors entirely.
 
T3G said:
Yesterday's budget update:


Noteworthy is the fact that the TTC appears to want to divest themselves of their artic buses, I assume the early ones from 2013-2014.

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Seems unfortunate.
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Meanwhile the MTA NYCTA who are still using Articulated buses would probably be laughing at the TTC. Imagine if NYC didn’t had Artics for 10 years, although they did buy the NFI D60HFs which did performed better I think for NYC
 
gabe said:
Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300%

Exclusive data shows crime rates still well above pre-pandemic level
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Very disappointing to hear this stark contradiction to an earlier post on here that mentioned that crime is declining compared to 2023.
 
Monarch Butterfly said:
A continuing pet peeve of mine are the fully able-bodied people who walk from the back of the bus to exit out the front door of the bus. Ignoring the centre doors entirely.
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And yet I've had operators bitching at me more than once, because I want to use the slower back door. So yeah, I'm more likely to use the front door now, unless it's a busy stop.

81-717 said:
Very disappointing to hear this stark contradiction to an earlier post on here that mentioned that crime is declining compared to 2023.
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The "exclusive" data is the same Stats Canada data that's been available to everyone for years. As the Toronto data is sourced from TPS then that's been available since much earlier this year.

But wait ... crime IS down. What is @gabe referring to? The headline at https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250722/dq250722a-eng.htm?indid=4751-2&indgeo=0 is that the crime severity index fell 4.1% since 2023. The police-reported crime rate fell 3. 6%. The violent crime severity index fell 1%. The non-violent crime severity index fell 5.7%. And even the youth crime rate fell by 4.2% Digging deeper - Ontario is down. What's up? Fraud ... I don't think fraud is injuriing transit workers. Hate crime is up.

Okay - that's national. What about Toronto? Very down in 2025 from 2024 if you an believe BlogTO with homicides down 54% - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250722/dq250722a-eng.htm?indid=4751-2&indgeo=0
 
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81-717 said:
Very disappointing to hear this stark contradiction to an earlier post on here that mentioned that crime is declining compared to 2023.
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Did you read the article? The graphs clearly show a sharp decline after 2023. But I don’t blame you, they knew what they were doing with this headline.
 
Apparently there's an emergency subway closure due to the discovery of asbestos debris.

https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisori...Ceyq_FXYkUTrvJOiNL_aem_8VCMiYLx-CCh_clg1IlAEg

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Line 1 Yonge-University: No service between Sheppard-Yonge and Eglinton stations while we clean debris at track level. Shuttle buses are running between Sheppard-Yonge and Eglinton.
Line 1 Yonge-University: The planned subway closure scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, November 26, between Osgoode and College stations, has been cancelled. See other service alerts

Shuttle buses have been running for over an hour now. That's some significant debris. .
 
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