Transit
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An artist’s rendition: TTC makeover ideas
If you mixed these two together, what would Toronto get? Anyone who knows me well knows that my biggest pet peeves are bad public transit and bad design...
By Craig Cal -
Toronto’s public spaces in the news
TRANSIT • Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] • GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] • TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Wednesday’s mid-afternoon link to articles
Word out of City Hall today is that Astral, Clear Channel, and CBS have submitted their applications for the street furniture program. More to come...
By Matthew Blackett -
Bloggers effect change on the TTC’s website
As many of the regular Spacing Wire readers will know, a few blogs here in Toronto teamed up to gather feedback for the TTC on improving their horrible...
By Matthew Blackett -
Calling all creative transit fans: come to TTCamp!
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. A self-described “ad-hoc gathering of designers, transit geeks, bloggers, visual artists, tech geeks and cultural...
By James Bow -
Where Dupont meets Dundas meets Annette
This enigmatic and forlorn stairway cuts through the retaining wall of the railway overpass crossing Dupont Street where it meets Dundas Street West and...
By Robin Chubb -
A little history on the TTC’s Timeline service
Many of our readers have suggested that the TTC go back to providing a phone number attached to a transit stop. When you called the number, an automated...
By Spacing -
Thursday afternoon links to articles
Ken Greenberg has a post on Reading Toronto that outlines his opinion on the Queen West Triangle decision and the OMB. Its a great read from one of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Radiant core sets the bar on critiquing the TTC’s web site
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The blog of the design firm Radiant Core was inspired by TTC Chairman Adam Giambrone’s call to bloggers for...
By James Bow -
Article links to kill time on Monday afternoon
illustration of 48 Abell, Queen St. W. I’ve compiled a bunch of links from blogs, today’s papers, and the weekend papers. Also, Robert...
By Matthew Blackett -
Help improve the TTC’s website
On New Year’s Day, Robert Ouellete, the editor of Reading Toronto, posted a challenge to TTC Chair Adam Giambrone: let the bloggers of Toronto give...
By Matthew Blackett -
City Hall sniping, TTC developments, and assorted links
CITY HALL articles: • Councillor decries secrecy of hydro pole deal [ Globe and Mail ] • Inside City Hall feature [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
By Matthew Blackett