TTC

by Taylor Berry

I ride the subway for a good two hours every day, so TTC etiquette is pretty much ingrained in me. I let people exit before I get on a train, I give up my seat to the elderly, and I don't block the seat beside me with my bag. But as of Monday, the TTC will be enforcing these rules of etiquette with a lot more fervor, and the penalty for breaking them will be a hefty fine.

People who obstruct doors, leave their feet on seats or don't give up their seats to riders who need them could be fined $195 for these offences, while in the past they would have received only a warning. The penalty for evading a fare or smoking on TTC property has also risen from $115 to $195. Doctoring a metropass or a using a fake ticket means a fine of $385. In addition, all fines have a $35 provincial surcharge added to them--POW! Take that, TTC jerks! read more...

We’ve taken it on the chin, repeatedly, when you strike at your leisure. And in an-ever-passive-Canadian-way, we patiently wait through endless service delays and disruptions. The mess that is Queen Street right now, ripped up and overturned with streetcar track renovations, is taking me on the scenic route as of late, with the route diverted reasonably. Fair enough.

The mean drivers however? Not so reasonable. read more...