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Toronto bus safety summit brings 200 North American transit leaders together to design a safer bus
The Amalgamated Transit Union, the TTC and Centennial College convened a bus safety and innovation summit in Toronto on Oct. 22, drawing nearly 200 participants to tackle violence against operators with a safer bus design.
Why it matters
Violence against bus operators is growing, and the union has campaigned on the issue for decades. The summit put labour, management, manufacturers and academia at the same table, with the goal of producing a genuinely safer bus design rather than just discussion.
Full report
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President John Costa, ATU Local 113-Toronto, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and Centennial College convened the ATU Bus Safety and Innovation Summit in Toronto on Oct. 22, 2026. Nearly 200 local leaders, transit agency officials, bus manufacturers, transit organizations and academics from across North America took part. Organizers described it as a first-of-its-kind labour-management partnership to build a safer, better bus.
Workshops focused on developing a fully enclosed operator workstation, eliminating dangerous blind spots, improving airflow and creating more ergonomic operator seats. At a press conference during the summit, Local 113 member Anna Cohen and Local 1505-Winnipeg member Crystal Hanley told their stories of being attacked on their bus.
Costa said the union has campaigned on operator safety for decades, citing the recent on-the-job killing of Local 308-Chicago member Julian Mobley and the stabbing death of Local 1593-Tampa member Thomas Dunn on his bus. He said: “Nobody knows what needs to change on a bus better than our members who drive and work on them eight, ten hours or more a day.”
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