scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
Torontonians, collectively, are incapable of being so intolerant of something that it leads to litter-induced ostracism.
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Late for work? So was TTC boss
Jan 28, 2008 11:11 AM
John Spears
CITY HALL BUREAU
"As a result of that, we had a person collapse southbound at Summerhill, and another person collapse southbound at Wellesley."
In both cases, other passengers triggered passenger assistance alarms that led to more delays.
Service was still crawling at 9.10 a.m., when another passenger had medical problems at Eglinton station.
It's been a bad week for TTC delays. Last Monday, some paper caught fire on the track at York Mills station.
The fire department came and took care of the problem, but when service resumed another fire flared up.
Then on Tuesday, some leaves caught fire outdoors at Victoria Park station, which also caused a delay.
TTC statistics will show that this morning's delays could be chalked up to three passenger alarms and one mechanical breakdown, Webster said.
The TTC and city have budgeted for new signals that will allow trains to travel closer together, speeding service. New cars are also in the works that will carry more passengers for each train.
However, those improvements won't be in place until 2012 on the Yonge subway line.
OMG, please don't get me started with those people throwing garbage inside the train. There are so many times I want to confront them...especially seeing those supposedly " well-educated professional" getting off at St. Andrew, reading their newspaper then dump them on the train...God!
When it's a newspaper in good condition, I actually quite appreciate that. It's sort of like a library on the train.
When it's a newspaper in good condition, I actually quite appreciate that. It's sort of like a library on the train.
Indeed. Often I look in the subway car for one. And sometimes a Toronto Star or something else can be found! Bonus!As do I. There are times when the racks are empty or you simply dont have time to grab one... having them on board comes in handy, even if they are second hand.
As do I. There are times when the racks are empty or you simply dont have time to grab one... having them on board comes in handy, even if they are second hand.
I don't want to sound like a bitch. For those people are don't feel well, GET OFF THE FREAKING TRAIN! It's always because of them, the whole train with hundreds of people got delay.
agreed, especially when someone nicely folds it up and puts it in that "shelf" thats behind the two-seaters by the doors on the T1 trains...
throwing it on the ground though, is another story![]()
Its not always that easy. A few weeks ago I found myself stuck on a train about to pass out. It just came out of nowhere during the stretch between St. Clair West and Dupont station. Luckily there was enough room for me to just sit down and get control of the situation, but had the train been packed like today I probably would have passed out on board.
By time the train got to Dupont I felt comfortable enough to continue to St. George.
Torontonians, collectively, are incapable of being so intolerant of something that it leads to litter-induced ostracism.
nfitz said:Indeed. Often I look in the subway car for one. And sometimes a Toronto Star or something else can be found! Bonus!
If that's true, then this fight that supposedly started over someone littering must have been an isolated incident.