Riding Mass Transit Is Like Inviting 30 Random Hitchhikers Into Your Car

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More: Police have identified a teenager who died after being stabbed in an ‘unprovoked’ attack at a Toronto subway station Saturday night, and have charged an adult male suspect with his murder.

35 Replies to “Riding Mass Transit Is Like Inviting 30 Random Hitchhikers Into Your Car”

  1. I’ve said it before – all of Toronto could sink into Lake Ontario tomorrow and I’d fret over my choices for dinner later that day.
    It’s all yours…you’ve earned it.
    Heads up Calgary, Regina and others – becoming a shithole isn’t an Eastern thing.

  4. There was actually 2 stabbings on the TTC – this kid who was murdered, and 2 men that know each other who got in a fight on a bus. One man stabbed but survived.

    1. Sure thing. It’s like weather/climate events.
      But before, people used to get beaten up.
      Now they try to murder you.
      And that’s just the teenagers.

    2. It’s not just the denominator. It’s also the location where people are being killed that is changing. The Subway, Yonge Street mid-day, King Street, the bus. This scares people more than a drive-by shooting in a bad neighborhood.

  7. Mid 70’s college stayed in co-op housing on Spadina. 1st yr roommate later became writer at Mop & Pail.
    Crossed paths at Bloor-Yonge station 5 yrs later. He passed The Sun to me, couldn’t take it into work. LOL

  10. I was just in Toronto. I rented a car, the costs of gas rental and paying for parking and traffic backups on the 401 are worth not having to take a TTC conveyance.

  11. “Police say the suspect, identified as 22-year-old Jordan O’Brien-Tolbin, of no fixed address, was arrested on Saturday and charged with first-degree murder.
    The charge has not been proven in court.”</b

    Well, duh.

  12. In all seriousness, however, unprovoked attacks are extremely rare. That the two are previously known to each other or, at least, had a previous altercation is almost a certainty.

    1. Maybe 10 years ago, but not so much today with the soft/ignore crime from our mush headed harm reduction advocates.

      Now if this was at a Toronto High School, and involved someone “turning their life around”, I could believe that a previous altercation was involved

  13. Saw my first “Zombie” druggie on Line 1 Friday night. Always an adventure late at night.

  14. Remember: no politicians take public transit. Even though they make all the important decisions about public transit, they really don’t care if it is safe or reliable.

  16. I decided I didn’t want to live there, tried for almost a year in the early 70’s, but I remember when Toronto was a nice town. Clean and safe. Had to go last spring for a few days. It’s turned into a rather ugly, dirty place. At least, downtown. Lots of weed stores though. So there’s that.

      1. It’s funny. My wife and I walked down Queen St. from Spadina to the Eaton Centre and back. We couldn’t find one place that served an American style breakfast. On the way back we stopped in the one LCBO for a bottle of wine. I mentioned to the lady behind the counter that she was extremely outnumbered. We must have counted around 20 weed outlets in the same stretch of W. Queen. Yep quite a few tattoo shops, as well. Way to go Justin! Keep bringing that diversity!

  18. They should ban knives, a straightforward solution. You see how they banned guns, and poof, no more gun violence.

  19. “Toronto Police Inspector Roger Desrochers said the victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries and later died. “Despite the best efforts of paramedics and medical professionals, the victim died from his injuries.” He called the incident “isolated” and there should be no public safety concerns. .”

    Words not appearing in the the CP24 article but can be found at singtao.ca

  21. Comment from Calgary here: even before the pandemic, was wary of taking transit. During a daytime trip up from the south, had the misfortune to be sitting by a door where one man was whaling on another (gathered this was an on-going dispute). Remained motionless while a woman up the car dialed 911. Both assailant and victim departed at Erlton station, much to my relief.
    Not that long after, was taking transit home from a downtown concert when had to walk by a fight on the platform. Boarded the train, only to realize that one of the fight participants – stoned out of his skull and loaded for bear – had also boarded our car. Kid was still looking for a fight but his buddy – and kudos to him – calmed him down and hauled him off the train a station before the transit authorities rather belatedly came on board.
    That was then, and now is now. Had a business meeting over at the nearby mall; spouse dropped me off and – after meeting – decided to walk home via the park just to the south of the local train station. Park now inhabited by a small insurgency of transient males so – not wanting a confrontation – walked up onto the platform and realized there was drug dealing going on in one of the more sheltered spaces. Have heard from other community members that there are serious concerns about the safety of our local station (there was a stabbing not that long ago near the library across the street).
    The issue goes beyond letting those of us residents – whom some would consider “privilaged” – to feel safe while waiting for transit. A lot of the workers at the mall use that station to return home, as well as the workers down at the Bethany care centre a few blocks south. I have options; those workers do not. And their needs should be considered before the “rights” of those who choose to camp out at our station and prey on those who use it.

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