Toronto police announce 80 more officers will be patrolling the TTC daily after violent incidents have raised public fears
Opinion: I was a victim of random violence on the TTC. Throwing money at the problem won’t make us safer
“There’s safety in numbers, so if we drive more transit users away from the system, you’re waiting by yourself late at night,” she said. “I have been sexually harassed on transit, it’s always happened late at night when there were very few people around.” According to TTC figures, the relative number of offences against passengers jumped at the start of the pandemic and remains above pre-COVID levels. In themonthly CEO report, released last week, the TTC said there were 1.91 offences against passengers per million boardings in November, down from 2.11 in October. That figure was consistently less than 1 in the years immediately before the pandemic.
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