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81-717
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Hopefully this resolves the debate from before about whether or not eating on public transit is allowed.
Totti
Active Member
When I started riding the TTC for the first time. It was fun discovering the Transit System but overtime the constant delays and homeless/panhandling made my experience deteriorate. At least if I were to see this on the subway, I would've been delighted seeing this and people being happy but I've seen a video of a thanksgiving feast online on the New York Subway similar to the photo attached above.
81-717
Active Member
Yeah, the fact that the issues you mentioned also got worse in the years after 2013 just adds insult to injury.
Yeah, the little comforts do help.
drum118
Superstar
No bus number, but being wrap will help if you see it.
July 29, 2025
TTC unveils Bacchanal Bus for 2025 Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade
The TTC today unveiled this year’s Bacchanal Bus wrap, specially designed to showcase the TTC’s participation in the 2025 Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade. The Bacchanal Bus, reflecting the Toronto Carnival’s theme of ‘Take Me Home,’ will operate out of TTC’s Wilson Division throughout August.
“The TTC is an essential part of our city, connecting communities and celebrating our diversity,” said Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. “The TTC’s participation in the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade highlights their commitment to inclusivity.”
“Our participation in the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade is a testament to the TTC’s ongoing efforts to embrace and celebrate the diversity that makes our city so unique,” said TTC Chair Jamaal Myers. “The ‘Take Me Home’ theme resonates with our mission to serve the needs of transit riders and community members.”
“The TTC is proud to join the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade, celebrating the ‘Take Me Home’ theme with our vibrant Bacchanal Bus and 300 marching employees,” said TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali. “We’re honoured to have the privilege to connect our community, and will be adding extra service and more staff to provide safe, accessible, and reliable transit to and from the festivities.”
The Bacchanal Bus was unveiled this morning during a Caribbean Heritage Month and Toronto Carnival celebration at the TTC’s Wilson Division.
Throughout August, the Bacchanal Bus will run on routes in the northwest and central regions of Toronto, such as North York, Downsview, Yorkdale, Bathurst Manor, Lawrence Heights, and parts of Etobicoke and midtown Toronto, providing customers with the opportunity to ride in a vibrant and festive vehicle that embodies the spirit of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival. The wrapped bus will also be seen in this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grande Parade on August 2, alongside 300 TTC employees.
Also throughout August, an internal multi-media campaign will feature TTC employees as they share what ‘Take Me Home’ means to them and their connection between Toronto and their Caribbean homelands.
July 29, 2025
TTC unveils Bacchanal Bus for 2025 Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade
The TTC today unveiled this year’s Bacchanal Bus wrap, specially designed to showcase the TTC’s participation in the 2025 Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade. The Bacchanal Bus, reflecting the Toronto Carnival’s theme of ‘Take Me Home,’ will operate out of TTC’s Wilson Division throughout August.
“The TTC is an essential part of our city, connecting communities and celebrating our diversity,” said Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. “The TTC’s participation in the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade highlights their commitment to inclusivity.”
“Our participation in the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade is a testament to the TTC’s ongoing efforts to embrace and celebrate the diversity that makes our city so unique,” said TTC Chair Jamaal Myers. “The ‘Take Me Home’ theme resonates with our mission to serve the needs of transit riders and community members.”
“The TTC is proud to join the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade, celebrating the ‘Take Me Home’ theme with our vibrant Bacchanal Bus and 300 marching employees,” said TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali. “We’re honoured to have the privilege to connect our community, and will be adding extra service and more staff to provide safe, accessible, and reliable transit to and from the festivities.”
The Bacchanal Bus was unveiled this morning during a Caribbean Heritage Month and Toronto Carnival celebration at the TTC’s Wilson Division.
Throughout August, the Bacchanal Bus will run on routes in the northwest and central regions of Toronto, such as North York, Downsview, Yorkdale, Bathurst Manor, Lawrence Heights, and parts of Etobicoke and midtown Toronto, providing customers with the opportunity to ride in a vibrant and festive vehicle that embodies the spirit of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival. The wrapped bus will also be seen in this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grande Parade on August 2, alongside 300 TTC employees.
Also throughout August, an internal multi-media campaign will feature TTC employees as they share what ‘Take Me Home’ means to them and their connection between Toronto and their Caribbean homelands.
Totti
Active Member
chrisw
Active Member
‘The goal was to just feed strangers,’ Toronto woman goes viral after bringing a buffet on TTC subway - NOW Toronto
A Toronto woman is going viral after sharing a video of herself serving free food to passengers on a TTC subway.
nowtoronto.com
Some excerpts
Izzy Petraglia tells Now Toronto that she was the mastermind behind the operation, one that was sparked after she saw a similar video on social media during American thanksgiving last November.
Petraglia, who has spent the past few years developing a passion for cooking and perfecting her craft, says she wanted to use the idea to help share recipes from a cook book she’s been working on.
“Culturally, at the forefront of every background- everyone comes together for food. So, that was just a really big thing for me, I wanted to just bring the community on the subway,” she said.
Items on the menu included spicy miso cucumber salad, Pancit Bihon, sweet and spicy tofu and broccoli with homemade hot honey, slow cooked pineapple brown sugar, and crowd favorite ube white chocolate cookies.
“I made 100 of them, and they were cleared out, practically everything I made was cleared out,” she said.
“People were honestly just happy to see it, even if they didn’t take food,” she said.
According to Petragali, cleanliness and sanitization was top of mind when preparing and also serving the food, that includes regularly sanitizing hands, having hand sanitizer on deck for passengers, and mostly serving food instead of letting people take it themselves. In addition to being clean, safety was top of mind and flyers were handed out with a full list of ingredients for anyone with allergies.
Mihairokov
Senior Member
Saw quite a few POO at King Station last night during rush. Not sure how effective it is to have four of them standing at the fare gates adding to the already-crowded concourse as they approach people after they go through the gates but I guess it's better than them cornering people in cars.
Northern Light
Superstar
As at many stations, I see people walk in via the bus driveways at Main regularly.
When Fare Inspectors have been present at the station, 90% of the time, they all stand inside, looking at the fare gates, where unpaid entry is rare.
Not outside, where its a meaningful issue.
That has to be intentional. I mean one would rarely lose money betting against the intellectual capacity of humans..........but that's just too obtuse for words.
The correct primary enforcement is street cars, typically on vehicle, streetcars as people exit at subway stations, and bus platforms to catch people entering by the driveways.
You then do the odd, high visibility random spot; people off-peak exiting trains at a low volume station, or a busy bus route, on vehicle, at a low volume time of day. Just to make sure people don't think there's a place they are immune from checks.
nfitz
Superstar
Unlike some stations, with all the windows at Main, it's easy to see people walking through the driveway.
Which I do occasionally if it looks like the streetcar is about to leave before I can go the long-way round (and of course tap as I board).
SubHuman
Active Member
What would be the point of checking people seconds after they've just seen them pay to get through the fare gates?
Other than on rare occasions seeing someone, usually a teenager, intentionally quickly follow through another before the gate closes, these don't seem to be the easier or typical places for most fare cheaters to enter the system.
Other than on rare occasions seeing someone, usually a teenager, intentionally quickly follow through another before the gate closes, these don't seem to be the easier or typical places for most fare cheaters to enter the system.
Mihairokov
Senior Member
I'll have to ask them the next time I catch wind of them.
nfitz
Superstar
I don't see any point in checking adults if they have just tapped.
But the others ... or if they couldn't see.
turbanplanner
Senior Member
Can't speak for the TTC but on the GO it's very inconsistent. I've stepped onto the train and they didn't check till the doors closed despite being next to be.
Other times I was checked TWICE in 30 seconds by 2 people standing next to eachother and have the presto record somewhere to prove it.
Jonny5
Senior Member
They may be trying to check out for people using cards with discounted fares on them they don't qualify for? I know it makes a different sound, but they might not always be able to hear it or discern whose card tap made what sound when there's a large crowd passing through multiple gates at the same time. They could even challenge on that and ask you to prove your name is the one registered on the card.