The head of Toronto’s transit service said he is “trying to shame” Canada’s three major telecommunications companies into urgently providing cellphone service throughout the subway system in the wake of increasing safety concerns.
However, talks with the companies have been renewed by recent concerns about public safety on the transit system, fuelled by several high-profile incidents of violence. Mr. Leary expects to provide the TTC board with an update in May, though he didn’t provide specifics. City leaders and police officials have been grappling for months on how to improve safety on the transit system following a spate of violent crimes. On Saturday, 16-year-oldwas stabbed and killed while sitting on a bench at Keele Station in the city’s west end, which police said was an unprovoked attack.
Rogers spokesman Cam Gordon said in a statement that cellular access plays an important role in public safety and the company is “committed to being part of the solution.”
Ya horseshit
So many industry experts told them not to go with that solution. They didn’t listen. They were advised the providers wouldn’t connect and that it wasn’t a long term solution. And so here we are.
Honestly, why has there not been cell service implemented yet? Why does the TTC live in the dark ages?
Sure. How about law, enforcement and consequences first!