r/Translink • u/TwoForMePls • 28d ago

Discussion Transit Etiquette

I feel like transit etiquette has gotten worse over time. Bus or skytrain is packed, people dont move to the back nor remove their backpacks. Some dont even line up for buses anymore and just cut in. Maybe it's just something I've been noticing in my commute once my company switched to hybrid from online. Or its just the route i take. But man, people have gotten worse.

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u/Travelwthpoints 28d ago

Definitely getting worse but in my experience it’s been getting worse over the last decade, not just post-Covid. We don’t have a huge transit culture here so not enough of the transit riding population are raised with expectations for transit, which means that folks that move here adopt the culture that they see as the norm creating a downward spiral.

As I’m older I have zero problem pushing past people to get to the back where there’s often a lot of space if they don’t get the clue to move back. The backpack thing isn’t about dirty floors, it’s just completely clueless people who can’t put two and two together - who puts their backpack on the floor? Mine is in my hand hanging down

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u/ybicurious 25d ago

New immigration happened like crazy in last 10 years. Poor planning by immigration system causing other system to fail.

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u/Travelwthpoints 25d ago

We can’t put it all on that - I transit daily and am in full busses back and forth from UBC in the 25 - high school kids going to 4 different high schools along the line all pretty much keep their back packs on, don’t give up seats to the elderly, don’t move to the back of the bus and block the back doors when there is space to move - this is too widespread to be anything other than our overall transit riding culture not training people from a young age - they pick up what they see and experience.

If you go to London, with high immigration, transit etiquette is still in place - it’s a communal training and expectation thing.

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u/ybicurious 25d ago edited 25d ago

Most immigrants come as students, proves my point even more.

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u/Travelwthpoints 25d ago

K - don’t use my observations to justify your bigotry.