Safety concerns have risen after a series of high-profile incidents, including four people who were killed in altercations
“There is no single solution to address the complex issue of violence on public transit, so we need to bring together experts and advocates from different fields to work collaboratively,” CUTA president Marco D’Angelo said in a news release accompanying the report.
Councillor Brad Bradford has promised more security patrols and mental-health supports. Councillor Josh Matlow pledged to tackle the root causes of criminality and expand mental-health crisis teams that specialize in de-escalation. Some transit advocates say a simple safety improvement would be to increase the frequency of service. Doing so would reassure passengers that they won’t be left waiting long in a potentially dangerous situation. And reliable service would attract more riders, providing safety in numbers to a transit system currently carrying about 70 per cent of its pre-pandemic ridership.
The TTC data helps fill out the transit safety picture with tens of thousands of altercations and crimes unlikely to end up on the front page but which can still shake public confidence.
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