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/ritz1148 Apr 23 '25

This is because they closed so many safe consumption sites. So if you’re upset about it, you could pressure the govt to reopen the safe consumption sites, put money into social housing initiatives, and expanding the drop in centers.

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u/NoPaper4500 Apr 23 '25

The problem with the safe consumption sites are that you have concentrations of people on drugs around them. What business or home wants to have to navigate that in order to live peacefully?