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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
links for 2007-03-14
How you can help build an open Toronto transit map
The OpenTTC guys are building their own set of TTC route maps using a nifty tool that Kevin Branigan put together; the routes start as straight lines connecting timepoints, but the app allows users to add points to make them follow the right roads.
(tags: toronto openttc [...]
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007
links for 2007-03-12
Walkers Tube Map - Going Underground’s Blog
Blog post about a couple of alternative London Underground maps that show walking times between stops; interesting because it’s so easy to overestimate the effort of walking somewhere
(tags: maps walking London)
TimeTable Publisher @ TransITech 2007
(PDF) Frank Purcell’s latest presentation about TriMet’s open-source TimeTable Publisher application, including UI screenshots
(tags: portland [...]
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Saturday, March 10th, 2007
links for 2007-03-11
Google’s Buses Help Its Workers Beat the Rush - New York Times
Interesting stats on Google’s private shuttle network for its employees; it’s what allows me to work for them while living carfree in San Francisco (though it would be even better to have offices in SF)
(tags: sanfrancisco privatetransit)
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
links for 2007-03-10
Doctor Transit/League of Transit Doctors: We need a transit users conference, now!
A call to action for more rider participation and creative thinking in the DC metro area.
(tags: transitcamp dc)
Let’s Go. (Philadelphia City Paper)
33 ideas for a better SEPTA
(tags: philadelphia ideas)
SFist: I Wish…
Ideas for improving the NextBus vehicle tracking and prediction for Muni vehicles in San [...]
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
links for 2007-03-09
Google Transit expands to Austin
Timed to coincide with the beginning of this year’s SXSW media conference
(tags: austin tripplanner thirdpartysites googletransit)
Steve Munro’s Web Site » Signs of the Times
Adding expiration dates to signage is a cheap, simple idea that can improve the user experience of transit. Several other agencies (Paris, for instance) do this as [...]
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
links for 2007-03-07
Ryan Feeley » Created: TTC Stop Timetable in PDF
A handsome-looking paper schedule mockup for the TTC 501 route. I know there are more independent schedule designs out there, so if you come across any, send them in!
(tags: toronto schedules design)
The Columbia Journalist - Transit Authority discovers City Island
One man’s (successful) quest to get his [...]
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Monday, March 5th, 2007
links for 2007-03-06
Steve Munro’s Web Site » The Myth of On-Time Performance
Discussion about the difficulties of keeping buses “on schedule”, and whether it actually provides better service. Interesting because a lot of transit information is schedule-based.
(tags: toronto operations schedules)
Portland Transit Custom Search Engine
Here’s a custom search engine for Portland Transit, mostly based on Jason McHuff’s wonderfully [...]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
links for 2007-02-25
OpenTTC Forums :: View topic - Schedule Data
The openTTC guys have been making pretty good progress in putting together a basic TTC data set
(tags: toronto thirdpartysites openttc)
countably infinite » A TransitCamp, please! In Vancouver!
First steps towards putting together a Vancouver Transit Camp–the audio recording on the Moosecamp page that she links to is pretty interesting [...]
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Monday, February 19th, 2007
links for 2007-02-20
b0st0n: update on CharlieTicket collection
Discussion about collecting discarded farecards that still have some value left, combining the values, and donating the result to charity. (I’ve heard of similar efforts in San Francisco.)
(tags: boston)
Portland Transport: Easier Streetcar Tickets
Designer Sean Moran has created a mockup of how TriMet might improve the instructional signage on the Portland [...]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
links for 2007-02-19
Charlie on the MBTA: An open invitation to Dan Grabauskas
The “Charlie on the MBTA” blog attempts to follow the Toronto Transit Camp recipe. Godspeed!
(tags: boston transitcamp)
Interactive Charlottetown Transit Map - Headway
Peter Rukavina has done a great job providing source and documentation for his Charlottetown (Canada) transit mashup.
(tags: charlottetown thirdpartysites)
Toronto Google Maps Mashups Compendium
Nice listing [...]