Calgary Transit

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

Increased train frequency could definitely improve safety as well, its one of the advantages I've noted of skytrain type systems over slow pseudo-streetcars.

Of course an even better solution is removing the problem altogether!

300 million can buy a lot of one way plane tickets to Ottawa for repeat offenders, with more than enough left over to build halfway houses in neighborhoods where judges live.

Until attitudes in those two communities change, the situation on the ground won't.

 

[trtcttc]

Increased train frequency could definitely improve safety as well, its one of the advantages I've noted of skytrain type systems over slow pseudo-streetcars.

Of course an even better solution is removing the problem altogether!

300 million can buy a lot of one way plane tickets to Ottawa for repeat offenders, with more than enough left over to build halfway houses in neighborhoods where judges live.

Until attitudes in those two communities change, the situation on the ground won't.

There's criminals which I agree the criminal justice system has failed. But there's a large population of homeless, drug addicted people that aren't necessarily violent, but volatile. You can convict them for crimes they commit, but not for potential to randomly punch someone in the face.

 

[Surrealplaces]

NY and Toronto both did security surges after elevated crime levels after Covid. The effectiveness of that was rather dubious, with most of the decline occurring naturally. The best way to get the bad element out is to increase ridership. Or at a minimum they don't create the feeling of being unsafe as a half empty train.

Increased ridership would help, but it's not something that can happen with the wave of a wand, it takes time to build ridership, and with it's current reputation or public perception that's not going to happen easily. I think the extra security is needed now even if might not be a long term solution. It can't hurt to spend extra money protecting a large investment that's already suffering from a public perception of not being safe. And not all of it is perception.