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You will find systems in Europe where a mob of enforcers in plains cloth jump onto a vehicle and pullout the their badge around their keck and started asking for your proof of payment. The first time it happen to me, I thought we were going to be beaten or robbed. They caught a fair number of rider who hadn't paid their fare and got a 100 euro ticket as that was the going fine back in 2012.
This seems bad to me.You will find systems in Europe where a mob of enforcers in plains cloth jump onto a vehicle and pullout the their badge around their keck and started asking for your proof of payment.
Wonder why! I don't think police should be using mob tactics to crack down on that hardened class of people who fare evade. It's such a small issue to warrant such a large reaction.The first time it happen to me, I thought we were going to be beaten or robbed.
The money it cost them to do this operation probably wasn't recovered in the handful of people they fined for fare evading.They caught a fair number of rider who hadn't paid their fare and got a 100 euro ticket as that was the going fine back in 2012.
Fare evasion is best countered (and success measured) by raising the expectation that you WILL be caught not by the number of people caught Many European system have fairly frequent fare inspections and from casual observation the rate of people caught is very low. That proves the system is working NOT that it isn't. Red light cameras, speed cameras etc work on the same basis.This seems bad to me.
Wonder why! I don't think police should be using mob tactics to crack down on that hardened class of people who fare evade. It's such a small issue to warrant such a large reaction.
The money it cost them to do this operation probably wasn't recovered in the handful of people they fined for fare evading.
Fare evasion is best countered (and success measured) by raising the expectation that you WILL be caught not by the number of people caught Many European system have fairly frequent fare inspections and from casual observation the rate of people caught is very low. That proves the system is working NOT that it isn't. Red light cameras, speed cameras etc work on the same basis.
Operators have been explicitly told to not enforce fares. This is to try and reduce assaults on employees.You also need Bus Operators to enforce the rules.
You won't believe how many times I see operators willfully ignore people with insufficient funds on their card or on them.
Back when my father was an operator it wasn't uncommon to have an operator park their bus and call control over a fare dispute.
Now they don't do that. Enabling fare evasion won't solve anything.
How much has assaults on employees reduced since they introduced this policy?Operators have been explicitly told to not enforce fares. This is to try and reduce assaults on employees.
I've been wondering why the TTC has screens at entrances that don't show next train arrivals - Stockholm has been doing this for the last twenty (~20) years:Would that really be that hard? Couldn't you just put a screen at the top of the stairs, just using the same tech as on the platform itself?
Example from Ottawa, this screen is visible from the stairs and entrance on the line 2 level. I kind of wish they had it at the top of the stairs too, but at least when I get to the bottom I know if I should sprint over to the train.
I know people think dot matrix screens are meh, but you can't beat their visibility at a distance. But I'd expect in this case you could just add the same screen that displays ads and the next train time you see on every subway platform
I noticed some new garbage and recycling signs. It uses some clear icons depicting some items instead of a symbol with a mix of small items. Interesting to note beverage containers highlighted for the garbage.
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I noticed yesterday that many (all?) of the TTC stops on Wellington that had 501 signage now have cardboard "Temporary STOP" signage saying 503 and the 501 is hidden. I guess my complaints reached someone - though why not do the job properly and apply 503 stickers and remove the 501 ones.Dan: I am certainly not complaining about the TTC putting up stickers for the new lines - which will probably be in operation sometime later in 2025 - BUT I certainly AM complaining about their inability to put stickers on the stops for lines that are running NOW.
There are 501 stickers on all (?) stops on Wellington and York - where the 501 has not been seen since early November - and NO 503 stickers though the 503 returned to its regular route there in early November. (There ARE stickers for the 503 on King west of York (where it no longer runs).
Having routes identified on stop poles is a very good idea that most transit systems seem able to cope with, the TTC with its silo mentality seems incapable of coordinating route (or route number) changes with sending someone out to adjust the stop signage. This is hardly a highly skilled job or one requiring line closures so should be easy to do. It is, sadly, symptomatic of the TTC that it is simply not done for months.
Doesn't matter because the overwhelming majority of plastic is actually not recycled, even when you put it in the correct bin.Not that the labels matter to many people
