To make our cities safe, residents have to show up and watch out for each other
A Toronto gym made the news this week for hosting a martial arts course designed specifically to help transit riders defend themselves if they are attacked.
It’s only natural that some commuters would want to take steps to defend themselves. It’s equally natural that many others would want to avoid taking transit altogether. Fear of violence and disorder on transit systems, not just in Toronto but in other Canadian cities, is one reason that transit ridership is taking so long to rebound from pandemic lows.
The answer, rather, is to keep our heads, steady our nerves and, above all, keep showing up. There is safety in numbers. A crowded subway car is generally safer than one with almost no one on it. A bustling street after dark feels much less risky than an empty one. The worst possible mistake we could make is to flee the city.
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