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LRT Safety

Council approves bylaw to help improve safety in transit spaces​

June 8, 2022

City Council has approved amendments to the Conduct of Transit Passengers bylaw aimed at improving the safety and comfort of Edmontonians using the transit service. The updated bylaw strengthens the existing rules around the inappropriate and unsafe use of transit property, and prohibits the visible use of illicit substances in transit spaces.

“Transit centres and LRT stations are intended to be busy and vibrant, and move thousands of riders to their destinations each day—conveniently, reliably, and above all, safely,'' said Carrie Hotton-MacDonald, Branch Manager, Edmonton Transit Service. “Everyone deserves a safe transit experience, and the amended bylaw is one of many actions we are taking to increase safety for everyone within our transit spaces.”

The amended bylaw provides Transit Peace Officers and other law enforcement personnel with an additional option that will help ensure people use transit vehicles and spaces as they are intended.

“Transit Peace Officers will engage, educate and encourage people to abide by community standards; however, enforcement is sometimes necessary to keep our transit network safe,” said David Jones, Branch Manager, Community Standards and Neighbourhoods. “In coordination with the Edmonton Police Service and Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society, our peace officers have and continue to play a critical role in preventing crime, and responding to concerns and people in distress who need support.”

Using a system of support, enforcement and infrastructure, the City of Edmonton continues to take a multilayered approach to help increase safety for everyone using our transit spaces and network. Providing safe and comfortable access to the transit system helps build a greater sense of community safety and well-being in Edmonton.​

For more information:
edmonton.ca/ETSsafety

Media contact:
Chrystal Coleman
Communications Advisor
Communications and Engagement
780-868-7176​
 
Crime in our transit stations were bad (getting better) but some things that happened in Toronto are just awful, like this....
toronto.ctvnews.ca

Woman critically injured after being set on fire on Toronto bus in 'random attack'

One person is in custody after a woman was set on fire while on a TTC bus Friday afternoon in what police are calling a “random attack.”
toronto.ctvnews.ca toronto.ctvnews.ca

Hopefully transit and lrt stations go back to being safe places all around soon
 
Tbone84 said:
Crime in our transit stations were bad (getting better) but some things that happened in Toronto are just awful, like this....
toronto.ctvnews.ca

Woman critically injured after being set on fire on Toronto bus in 'random attack'

One person is in custody after a woman was set on fire while on a TTC bus Friday afternoon in what police are calling a “random attack.”
toronto.ctvnews.ca toronto.ctvnews.ca

Hopefully transit and lrt stations go back to being safe places all around soon
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I think this is probably an all-time low for transit in Canada. But then again I've said that sooooo many times before the words have lost all meaning... Here's my idea: Do what the Japanese do and introduce Koban aka police boxes/stations within transit stations... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōban and a hell of a lot of CCTV with facial recognition software and of course removing security from transit and replacing them with the most forceful FULLY ARMED EPS we can find... The public sphere must be taken back from chaos and for scum bags to fear what "f*cking around and finding out" really means when victims stand up for themselves... Personally I've taken to carrying a personal air horn. You'd be surprised what a Red Bull-sized can of compressed air shot at 120 dbs into a DB's face will do in a right hurry to even the score... Not that I've had to "unleash the beast" before... ;-)
 
As for personal horror stories I'm sure we've all had them. But my ETS TLDR horror story involves a blood-soaked machete being swung at me at 8:15 am on a Tuesday whilst riding the #8 to work... After that? I drove and still do. That's how you turn someone who waited until they turned 30 to get their learner's permit into a committed lifelong car enthusiast and personal bubble advocate...
 
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