Looks pretty lonely, doesn't it?
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But they've got a bench and I'm pretty sure they'll get a canopy for shelter from the rain. (I'm not being sarcastic - this has been a long time coming).
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Only a bus driver took the lead to sit down and have a smoke while reading the paper.
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Where Metrolinx chose to put this area is close enough to the entrance to the platform that a butt can be extinguished, a Prestocard tapped, and hopping on the train can happen in less than 2 minutes.
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The only thing that bummed me out a bit is the smoking area is right next to where the 90 bus boards. If the wind is just right, lining up for the bus is going to suck.
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I also took note that there isn't a refuse receptacle for extinguished butts.
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On-board announcements at Oshawa also began today reminding Oshawa passengers smoking is not permitted on the platforms (which how this bullshit fight started). This is a personal request of mine and several others who wrote into GO Transit asking for advocacy measures.
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We just wish it didn't take 11 years.
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Oakville residents take heart. There have been enough complaints that we may be next for this.
ReplyDeletePlus a fence like a corral would have been nice. :)
ReplyDeleteOakville? I won't hold my breath...
ReplyDelete^ I see what you did there.
ReplyDeleteGod smoking enclosures are so vile. You'd think they stench of them would deter all who enter from smoking. Now GO passengers can look forward to sitting next to that stale stench all the way to work... ;)
ReplyDeleteGive it up people!
Thats a bus shelter. I believe the smoking section is within the painted line behind thr shelter and between it and the fence.
DeleteAs the picture shows...
DeleteI've been holding my breath at Oakville for years now trying not to inhale the poison around the doors.....
ReplyDeleteI don't think Metrolinx plans to enclose these smoking spaces but they do need overhead shelter.
ReplyDeleteAnd at 6 this morning zero smokers were using it. They were all in their usual spots, under the no smoking signs by the station and the platforms.
ReplyDeleteI saw that. This was a complete and total waste of time and money. I'd love to know if it was an outside contractor that installed the sign and painted the line.
ReplyDeleteThey custom-build a place for smokers and, still, some of those smokers have to be so anarchic and defiant.
ReplyDeleteDid those smokers somehow feel the "system" is trying to be condescending and maternal/paternal towards them?
How about, before you tell these buttsuckers where they CAN smoke (throw them a bone) you tell everyone that they CAN'T smoke (show everyone the stick). Make it so bloody well known that you take away any chance that a smoker can shrug and say "I didn't know" - especially when they are standing right under a sign?
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