I was going to write a proper blog post today, but I got stuck in a good old fashioned TTC delay for about forty minutes this morning (this also means I haven’t proofread this post nor thought too much about the topic). Some poor folks that left later than I may have been held up by multiple delays. Indeed, a single delay on the TTC seems to invite further delays. I.e., though long delays aren’t (that) frequent, once there is one delay, multiple long delays seem to crop up. If the TTC has statistics on the number of chains of delays that appear within half an hour of each other, I’d love to see if I’m just experiencing a memory bias (also likely). However, I’m not here to rant today, but to put some thoughts down I had during my bonus (cramped) quiet time today.
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Dancing cheek to cheek
Over the past ten years of riding on the TTC, Toronto’s public transit system, I’ve noticed a steady increase in personal space in subways and buses. I don’t think it’s due to declining ridership; there are people left waiting for the next vehicle when the doors close. Continue reading “Dancing cheek to cheek”