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Rush-hour crush: The struggle to get on a streetcar at Bay and King Sts. during the rush hour. Some streetcars that are supposed to carry 80 to 90 people are squeezing in 130 during peak periods. The subway and buses are also full to overflowing at certain times of the day and TTC officials expect the boom to continue; with more than 400 million riders in 1982 and possibly half a billion five years from now.<br />
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FILE PHOTO :  Bob Olsen - Toronto Star archives, via AQP
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Rush-hour crush: The struggle to get on a streetcar at Bay and King Sts. during the rush hour. Some streetcars that are supposed to carry 80 to 90 people are squeezing in 130 during peak periods. The subway and buses are also full to overflowing at certain times of the day and TTC officials expect the boom to continue; with more than 400 million riders in 1982 and possibly half a billion five years from now.

FILE PHOTO : Bob Olsen - Toronto Star archives, via AQP

Filename: FILE_81_HUM_TORONTO_streetcar_BO_001A.jpg
Source: Toronto Star archives
Date: 31 Aug 2021
Location: Canada
Credit: Toronto Star archives
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