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Originally Posted by fredr123
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/...76456-sun.html
Citing problems providing a safe ride for everyone, the City is pondering eliminating the downtown free-fare zone. Polls, apparently, suggest riders and transit workers don't feel safe on the train at night as it seems to be home to a lot of illegitimate users.
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Yep Calgary always seems to take the logical way to fixing problems.
I think most cities would look to add more peace officers if security was an issue. Calgary? Lets just shut it down so we don't have to address the real problem.
Very typical of Calgary thinking about such issues. I think they said on the news yesterday that Vancouver has 1 transit peace officer per 1800 riders whereas we have 1 per 4400 riders. For a city so gung ho on police in general its inconsistent that they don't look to add more officers for transit.
Neither does it make sense to me how elminating a free ride zone is a specific solution to the problem of users riding late night trains. Maybe hire more transit cops for 10 pm to close? Gosh, that doesn't make much sense.