Stroller left behind by mom on 501 streetcar as photographed by Tracy MacDonald.
A quick-thinking TTC streetcar driver is being credited for his kindness in finding and returning a stroller left on his Lake Shore 501 streetcar by a stressed-out mom.
Photos of the deserted stroller were taken on the 501 streetcar at the Humber Loop by Tracy MacDonald, who posted it on social media to find the mom who forgot it.
MacDonald asked online if someone had left their stroller behind.
TTC streetcar operator Kevin Taylor is being credited for his kindness in finding and reuniting mom with her baby’s stroller.
Within hours TTC driver Kevin Taylor responded that he tracked down the mom.
“I was driving that streetcar, owner has been tracked down, and it has been returned to them,” Taylor reported.
The post sparked dozens of responses from women who praised Taylor for his kindness.
“I even had to check to see if there was a baby inside,” wrote TTC rider Bailey Darrah.
Monique Vaughan expressed her thanks to Taylor.
The baby carriage was left behind on Kevin Taylor’s streetcar at the Humber Loop.
“Thanks for being such a wonderful part of the community,” Vaughan wrote.
“So glad to hear,” responded Tamara Sinead.
“Good for you,” replied Sandra Melville.
Shylo Clermont said we can use more drivers like Taylor.
“We can definitely do with more drivers like you,” Clermont wrote. “Thank you for being a great human!”
Claire Laporte sympathized “poor mother must have been so exhausted to forget her stroller.”
“Thank you,” said Theresa Sciberras. “You’ve assisted with something else before. Appreciate it.”.
The streetcar can be very hectic sometimes and luckily this incident had a good ending.
Carolyn Emerson had some words to say for those who were joking about the incident.
“The fact that people are laughing and making immature comments truly show peoples true colours,” Emerson wrote. “Grow up.”
A kind-hearted Taylor has been a transit operator for the TTC for more than eight years.
“Remarkably knowledgeable transit enthusiast with high-quality customer service skills,” Taylor said of his work online.
“In addition to repeated and constant exposure to high-stress situations involving but not limited to the well-being of patrons and staff,” he said.
Somewhere today there is a mother and child who many not know of the many lives they have touched on that fateful streetcar ride.