[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: crowding and suicide on the TTC, Scarborough RT, defensive design

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• Steve Munro at Torontoist dissects John Tory's ten-point plan to deal with TTC crowding. This is, at best, a repackaging of previously planned initiatives.


• Torontoist takes a look at some elements of defensive urban design, intended to deter people from loitering too much or being otherwise inconvenient.


• The Scarborough rapid transit route may be down for at least a year while subway construction is ongoing, forcing buses to be used. The Toronto Star reports.


• The growing number of suicides in Toronto involving TTC vehicles is apparently responsible for rising rates of absenteeism among TTC staff. The Globe and Mail reports.


• Frequent TTC riders are dissatisfied with overcrowding and the quality of service. Global News reports.


• Robert Mackenzie at Transit Toronto <a href="https://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/weblog/2018/02/01-a_perfect_.shtml'><U>looked</u></a> at the factors going into the big, system-threatening, overcrowding on the morning of the 30th of January.</li> </ul>