CplKlinger
Senior Member
Hopefully not action!
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David A
Senior Member
Yes I do notice less enforcement there, but IMO compared to Central Station and Corona, Bay seems to have fewer problems overall. However, it may take longer to deal with them because of less enforcement.
IanO
Superstar
I really cannot continue to call Transit Watch twice a day for the entrances to Bay LRT.
Folks blocking stairs on each side again on the way home tonight, open drug us and imposing figures for regular transit users.
Alas.
Folks blocking stairs on each side again on the way home tonight, open drug us and imposing figures for regular transit users.
Alas.
Gronk!
Senior Member
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Dubas
Active Member
I’m calling about 4 times a day lately.
EdwardEdm
Active Member
Did some late evening transit riding which involved the Metro Line to NAIT, and the Capital Line from Churchill to Century Park and after 30 minutes back to Churchill. Zero peace officers to be seen. There was about 8 EPS officers at Corona sweeping the trains. All they do to check for fares is make sure you have a fare product, so you could show them a long since expired Arc ticket and you would be good, but then I don't think fare checking in their main goal. Kingsway and NAIT/ Blatchford's platform shelters were being misused to put it lightly. 3 people smoking stuff at Century Park. Nothing that made me feel unsafe, but disappointed to not see any enforcement.
ADob
Active Member
My husband calls/texts on the regular. Same location.
Greenspace
Senior Member
I have been told in the past Transit Watch gets a call about LRT entrances Downtown about every 20 minutes.
EdwardEdm
Active Member
That would interesting to see the stats on. Council should request Transit Watch stats.
Despite my experience last night, I have lately encountered some proactive attempts by Transit/ Security. Not sure if these 2 PA announcements came from LRT control or the Security control. One was at Corona targeting a group in the main 107 St entrance telling them to move along, that they had images of everyone's faces and suggested they probably didn't want to have to talk to police if peace officers. The second time was for a single person using drugs up at NAIT/ Blatchford. Both times it right time/ right place for me to hear the announcements.
LRT control certainly does seem to get the Transit Watch calls. It's rather common that motorman are asked to check their cameras/ trains for certain activities by control that are seemingly unprovoked. It's probably a combination of blue help phones and Transit Watch.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
This is only a partial picture, but the March 18, 2025 report on transit safety included a list of transit centres and LRT stations that had commissionaires, and how many incidents were reported by commissionaires at each one in 2024.
Glenco
Senior Member
I was thinking this morning that the last time someone checked my fare was well over a year ago. Then low and behold they came around and checked everyone's fare.
degrandprix
Active Member
Commissionaires are giving out Narcan? That pretty much makes all the stations supervised consumption sites, no wonder there are constant issues with people doing drugs in the hallways
Jspr
New Member
There was a city-funded harm reduction team handing out crack pipes in transit property at one point.Commissionaires are giving out Narcan? That pretty much makes all the stations supervised consumption sites, no wonder there are constant issues with people doing drugs in the hallways
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder if the numbers in the above table are lower than previous years. Also, I wonder if the Naloxone kits are the result of a drug emergency.
whattheheck
Active Member
The transit system should be only a transit system, not a mobile homeless shelter or harm reduction site. It's allowing actions like this to fester that turn good people to vote CONServatives. When will the progressive left get that?!