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TTC to consider stroller limits

Posted By: Newstalk 1010 · 1/22/2013 5:07:00 AM

The TTC is looking into a complaint about strollers taking up too much space on buses and streetcars.

A 61-year-old woman brought the complaint to TTC commissioners on Monday, saying there should be a limit on how many strollers are allowed onto the vehicles.

TTC head Andy Byford, who joined Friendly Fire on Newstalk 1010 last night, says it's worth considering the idea.

"We may need to limit the numbers of particularly the bigger strollers," Byford says.

"We're certainly going to reflect upon this. I think it's about getting a sensible balance between maintaining safety and access for other users, but equally being mindful that for particularly a single parent on their own, it's not easy when you've got a stroller and kids to contend with."

Byford, though, doesn't like the idea of charging $2 for each stroller entering a bus or streetcar, another suggestion made by the complainant.

Staff will report back on the matter.

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  1. Raduga posted on 01/22/2013 11:52 AM
    I didn't like to take a bus with strollers in it until I became a mother myself. As other comments stated, I don't like taking a TTC but I have no other choice and yes, I have to take a bus in peak hours also to get to a doctor's appointment, for instance.

    Charging an additional fare for a stroller is not fair. Collapsing a stroller and holding a child and all the belongings at the same time is not feasible in most cases. I would agree that there should be a limit of strollers in one given bus assuming there won't be a long wait for a next bus. One time, there were 5 (!) strollers in one bus plus 2 ladies with walkers. Luckily, there were not too many other passengers, but we had to get out off the bus with our stroller through back door as there was no other way.

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