The City of Toronto has adopted a so-called Traffic Agents program. This innovation sneaked up on many people during the summer of C-19 but Wednesday has seen 16 of these uniformed people doing their best to keep pedestrians and others safe at busy downtown intersections. It’s no particular slight to say that Traffic Agents seem a lot like school guards for grownups. And sadly it seems that there will never be a Traffic Agent handy to help an old lady across Eglinton Ave on a rainy night. But let’s see. News release
