If you've seen more security on TTC buses and streetcars, you're not imagining it. The TTC is putting more constables on certain surface routes in the hopes that Torontonians will behave while taking public transit.
In 2016, according to Metro News, there were 285 assaults on transit operators - in 34 per cent of these incidents, drivers were spit on. About 31 per cent involved physical altercations.
As Metro writes, the TTC introduced the Bus Stop pilot project in December where special constables boarded 400 buses along seven different routes.
Since that program seemed to help, there will now be more constables along routes that've been especially problematic for TTC operators.
It doesn't cast Toronto in the best light that such measures are necessary. Let's please allow these people to do their jobs without the fear of harassment.
by Staff via blogTO
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