translinked: spoony: TransLink: Canada Line Posters, Airport | Ads of the World If you click around, it says there are 3 ads in this series and they are posted to the site. I must be really good at mentally blocking out advertising, because I didn’t see any of these anywhere at ALL…

translinked:

spoony:

TransLink: Canada Line Posters, Airport | Ads of the World

If you click around, it says there are 3 ads in this series and they are posted to the site. I must be really good at mentally blocking out advertising, because I didn’t see any of these anywhere at ALL…

The design for new Ontario Highway Service Centres by Quadrangle Architects

The design for new Ontario Highway Service Centres by Quadrangle Architects

When the new Toronto Rocket trains come, it’ll be finally time to update the subway train pictograph

When the new Toronto Rocket trains come, it’ll be finally time to update the subway train pictograph

Inspired by this from Japan, an idea for signage at Bloor-Yonge Station to improve customer experience and help people move down the platform

Inspired by this from Japan, an idea for signage at Bloor-Yonge Station to improve customer experience and help people move down the platform

City of Regina logos: old and new. Definitely a step up, good riddance to the 80s discoscript.

City of Regina logos: old and new. Definitely a step up, good riddance to the 80s discoscript.

On March 30, 1954, the Yonge Subway opened between Union and Eglinton Station, marking the opening of the first subway system in Canada and beginning a massive transformation in the City of Toronto.

Happy 56th Birthday, Yonge Subway!

photos from Toronto Archives, Fonds 1128, Series 381, File 298

The Toronto Board of Trade released “Toronto as a Global City”, its annual scorecard on prosperity and the city’s competitive position compared to various cities/city-regions around the world. Of particular interest, especially in light of the Ontario government’s move to slash delay funding for rapid transit, are these two indicators: the proportion of commuters by non-auto modes and average commuting time. These are not surprising results, but highlights how our mobility challenges are hurting the economy and our quality of life. Thanks @MKofsky for forwarding me the link to the report

The Toronto Board of Trade released “Toronto as a Global City”, its annual scorecard on prosperity and the city’s competitive position compared to various cities/city-regions around the world. Of particular interest, especially in light of the Ontario government’s move to slash delay funding for rapid transit, are these two indicators: the proportion of commuters by non-auto modes and average commuting time. These are not surprising results, but highlights how our mobility challenges are hurting the economy and our quality of life.

Thanks @MKofsky for forwarding me the link to the report

Time to edit these bus ads from last year and put them back up, dontcha think?

Time to edit these bus ads from last year and put them back up, dontcha think?

How are we supposed to plan and build a sustainable public transit system when funding comes and goes at the whim of each provincial budget? It seems easy enough if you are in the business of building highways, on the other hand. data source: Ontario Budgets 2005-2010

How are we supposed to plan and build a sustainable public transit system when funding comes and goes at the whim of each provincial budget? It seems easy enough if you are in the business of building highways, on the other hand.

data source: Ontario Budgets 2005-2010

Over the next little while, inspired by Vision42, I’m going to write a series of posts dealing with two very important mobility corridors that no one seems to want to talk about: King Street and Queen Street. Before I start, I’d like to know: what issues do you see on these two streets, so important to our great city, but yet so dysfunctional?

Over the next little while, inspired by Vision42, I’m going to write a series of posts dealing with two very important mobility corridors that no one seems to want to talk about: King Street and Queen Street. Before I start, I’d like to know: what issues do you see on these two streets, so important to our great city, but yet so dysfunctional?