May 2009
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So what if there are no Bus Schedules on TransLink...
sillygwailo says, on the photo above:
TransLink is lazy and doesn’t want to update printed bus stop schedules anymore.
That’s a pretty cynical take on it, isn’t it? Let’s take a closer look at who’s affected by this change in policy, then how we can interpret this.
Who’s affected?
People who do not have mobile phones or access to text messaging. Reasons...
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Art coming to Toronto's Monthly Transit Passes? →
TTC Chair floats idea by art institutions to get public art on their monthly Metropasses. Awesome!
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Manifesto
We are connected. Our stories are piled high, into towers of memory and identity, into enclaves of culture and wisdom, the backbones of our collective spirit. We share stories to connect: to get a glimpse of the joy and the pain, as well as everything in between, that marks all our lives, across the differences that set us apart. Meanings travel across people, places and things; as citizens in...
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This is why translink buses are so @#$%!ng... →
Designer and Researcher Stephanie Vacher sums up the design challenges of buses nicely, drawing in commentary on buses in New York.
The lack of standardization is mostly to blame for the extremely high price of city buses, and because no two cities are going to come to a conclusion on regulations for emissions, consideration for people with disabilities, fare collections, etc., this means that...