Calgary Transit looks to stop vandals from destroying bus shelters
Posted Apr 23, 2015 2:12 pm.
Last Updated Apr 23, 2015 2:40 pm.
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Calgary Transit hopes a new anti-vandalism poster campaign will encourage people to help authorities catch vandals after an increase in damage to bus shelters across the city.
There are 1,600 glass-covered bus shelters in Calgary, last year 640 of them were smashed.
Each panel of glass costs $300 to replace which adds up to about $192,000.
Bus stop vandalism jumped by 40 per cent last year, according to Brian Whitelaw, coordinator of public safety and enforcement for Calgary Transit.
“That represents almost half-a-million dollars in glass damage, breakage and vandalism since 2012,” said Whitelaw. “So, that’s the purpose of this initiative.”
Posters are going up in shelters across the city to discourage vandals and encourage citizens to report them to 9-1-1.
