Crisis workers will soon be stationed on TTC Line 1 subway platforms as part of a new safety pilot.<\/p>\n
Officials say deployment will start as soon as Nov. 15 and that Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) staff will be embedded 24\/7 at Spadina, Union, and Bloor-Yonge stations.<\/p>\n
Transit users can access crisis workers through the SafeTTC app, speaking to TTC staff, or by calling 211.<\/p>\n
According to a news release, TTC Special Constables received over 1,028 \u201cPerson in Crisis\u201d calls in 2024. <\/p>\n
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Ottawa has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to help Toronto buy new subway trains for its aging fleet. Riders take a subway train on the TTC in downtown Toronto, Saturday, April 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Cole Burston The Toronto Transit Commission station in downtown Toronto, Saturday, April 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Cole Burston (Cole Burston\/The Canadian Press) <\/p>\n
Officials say crisis teams will work alongside TTC staff, Streets to Homes outreach, LOFT\u2019s outreach team, safety ambassadors, security guards, and Toronto police.<\/p>\n
How much will the project cost? <\/p>\n
The project will cost $540,000 during the first year, and when fully annualized, it will be $1.8 million per year. <\/p>\n
Mayor Chow noted that while the funding is not yet confirmed, she hopes City Council will support including it in the upcoming budget, emphasizing that making people feel safe is a high priority while riding the TTC. <\/p>\n
Chow added that 78 per cent of mental health calls are solved without police involvement and that crisis workers will provide an enhanced presence during peak travel times.<\/p>\n
\u201cTransit needs to be safe and feel safe. Bringing crisis workers on to the platform as a resource for riders will help us respond to incidents faster and prevent them,\u201d Chow said in a news release.<\/p>\n
The City of Toronto said this program will help free up police officers.<\/p>\n
Toronto City Council is expected to review the pilot in more detail at its Oct. 8 meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crisis workers will soon be stationed on TTC Line 1 subway platforms as part of a new safety…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-166430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}