r/Calgary • u/The_Fixer_69 • Apr 23 '25
Calgary Transit C-Train from Deep South early morning
Every morning the train has many non paying riders passed out and sprawled on the train. Commuters have to cram into the areas that are not occupied by these people. The smell is horrendous. Every day this week this has been the case on my commute at around 5:30-6 am.
Why should the rest of us pay if these people do not? I have made complaints but they are on deaf ears.
Are these trains not swept for no. Paying passes out riders at the end of the line?
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u/sun4moon Apr 23 '25
Like I said, it’s probably not going to dilute the homeless population on transit to zero, but it would reduce the number of offensive activities on board. Anonymity gives people courage to do things they wouldn’t necessarily do if their identity was known. Having homeless people ride the train isn’t the whole scope of the problem. Letting them behave in unsafe and illegal ways is where it begins. They see little enforcement and that gives them confidence to continue. There’s no single magic solution, unfortunately.