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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I can only speak from personal experience - I've dealt with way worse behaviour from drunk people in Stampede than homeless drug addicts, none of whom do more than take up maybe a little extra space on the train. I've never once seen them act out.
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With all due respect, this isn't the current situation. Used to be a big advocate of Calgary Transit and commuting on the train would no longer recommend it. The idea that they're "just taking up space" is so wildly incorrect. An opioid crisis, inflation and the covid pandemic were negative game changers. What was once a rare occurrence, seeing zonked out of their mind, is now common. It's daily thing to see someone Zombie walk across an intersection.
Try walking through Harley Hotchkiss Park, into 4th st station and then the +15 that leads into the core hall, that +15 is a homeless shelter.
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As for living under a rock, I take the train into downtown every single work day.
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My final straw was seeing a guy dying at 4th st station, getting CPR from his zonked out friend. Getting on the train with a guy smoking crack in the seat behind me. Then getting off at my station and going through a gauntlet of homeless yelling at each other.
Your experience is shocking, and not the norm.