Transit
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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 -
A little history of the TTC’s web site
Since we created the subway station buttons over two years ago we’ve come into contact with a lot of rail fans and people with a real passion to see...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s links to public space articles
• City under fire for secrecy [ Globe and Mail ] • The sounds of the underground [ Globe and Mail ] • Scary walkways get some life ...
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Transit map as a trend chart
I came across this cool map hack — it takes London’s Underground Tokyo’s subway map and uses it as a chart to show the trends of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
What’s old should be new again at transit stops
The above image, at Bloor and Jane circa 1937, was used in Spacing‘s Spring/Summer 2006 issue as part of a feature on bus and streetcar shelters...
By Matthew Blackett