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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: TTC to Unveil New Website Today!</title>
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<title>suz</title>
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the site looks great and the layout and usability appears to be well thought out.  Are there still some buggy things about it and content missing?  Sure, that's what "beta" means folks - duh!  Comments about usability and design and information architecture that morons like "ludacris" make are just that, ludicrous.Good job ttc - and yes, i'm surprised at myself to say that about anything the ttc does]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287636</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:39:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Disparishun</title>
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Helpless plea: dear TTC, it's really okay.  We don't need your trip planner, or even your e-commerce engine.  We get it.  <a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1296">You're a transit agency, not a media company.</a>So instead of hiring Web designers who drop a few hundred thou', then need to get hired and paid again whenever you want to update things, SPEND THE MONEY ON DATA FEEDS ALREADY.  Then Ludacris's high school and college buddies, and Sean's Facebook and Myspace widget implementers, and our friends at <a href="http://www.myttc.ca">myttc.ca</a> and, well, everyone could put 'em together to their heart's content. Update 'em, too, without even a multi-month call for tenders, etc.  Now wouldn't that be grand?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287605</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:51:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Matt</title>
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Pretty hot, TTC, pretty hot. Between this and a genuinely positive customer service interaction I had earlier this week, I'm sorta wondering: HAS THE TTC BEEN REPLACED BY HELPFUL ALIENS??]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287569</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287569</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:30:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>mikeb</title>
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If people want to use Google Maps, they'd better make sure that the stations are correct.  

For starters, Google has Eglinton West, Glencairn, Lawrence West and Yorkdale on Dufferin.  The northern University/Spadina Line stations are on Keele.  And they put St Clair West right at Bathurst.  North York Centre doesn't appear to exist at all.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287567</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287567</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:21:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>george S</title>
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sorry screwface - my question was meant for Malcom Bastien]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287566</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287566</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:17:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>george S</title>
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screwface - what would you have used? WebSphere? asp.net? ph-fricken-p? I would have gone asp, but the Microsoft cost is a factor.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287565</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287565</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:15:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ludacris</title>
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@Ryan L.: The cost of the trip planner application is not included in the $400,000 price tag.  The trip planner was a separate project that cost $1.5 million, if I remember correctly.It looks like the TTC handed Devlin $400,000 and allowed them free reign on information architecture, usability, and design.  It's quite obvious no effort was made in these areas.  While it may be true that Devlin's team is underqualified in these areas, the blame lies on the TTC as they had and still have no idea what a transit website, as  a product, should be.Am I being harsh?  Hmmm.  I know high school and college students that can produce websites of greater quality!  Just because this "beta version" is 10x better than the previous version doesn't mean we should settle for a terrible website out of the gate.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287559</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:35:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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I'm going to hold off on comments regarding the cost of the site until I see the trip planner and next bus systems, as that could potentially warrent the $400,000 price tag.While it may not be worth $400,000 now, it may very well be when finished.That said, I like the design.  Things are surprisingly easy to find.  One thing I would add would be a 'print this page' feature on the route pages that would include the map image and schedule information on a handy 8.5 x 11 piece of paper.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287551</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:50:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sean</title>
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A MySpace or Facebook account would have saved taxpayers money.  But who cares?  TTC doesn't!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287509</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287509</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:07:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>warmflash</title>
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Um. Couldn't they have hired a web designer to do this?  It looks like something circa 1995.  It's awful.  Really.  The TTC is hopeless.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287508</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287508</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:52:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>sd</title>
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The New website is fine and all...but$400,000?lol.Give me a break.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287503</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:27:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Malcolm Bastien</title>
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If they built the site on a better platform than JSP they wouldn't have attracted and gotten screwed over by some high priced consultancy eager to rip the city off for a $400k web design.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287496</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287496</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:46:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>SCREWFACE</title>
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Ok, ok sure. It's a very nice and shiny, useful website.So how much will it cost to view it when it goes live?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287494</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287494</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:35:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Eric</title>
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holy amazing batman!! the new site is fantastic looking! the next bus time is great! i live 30 seconds from a stop and knowing iv got about 5 min. till the next one will come in handy for rainy days.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287492</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:07:49 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jonathan</title>
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It is indeed quite an improvement, but yeah, where's the iconic typeface?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287489</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:52:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>W. K. Lis</title>
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The survey on that beta site crashed with HTTP Status 500, when I made a comment. Must be something I said.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287478</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:06:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brad2</title>
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I for one would like to welcome the TTC's new Beta website to the year 1999! Let's have that trip planner that they're talking about and I'll host the Year 2002 welcoming party. Seriously though, I was mapping my way all around Germany using 7 levels of transportation (foot, bus, tram, local/regional/inter-city/inter-country rail) in mid-2003. Even Ottawa's transit system (!!) implemented a trip planner in 2004 or so. Good to see some strides forward though.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287477</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:04:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>What?</title>
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Anyone know what studio worked on this? Also, isn't a 400K budget for this site kind of... insane?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287472</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:41:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>noni</title>
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Much much better. I'd like to see subway station entrance maps though, with automatic and accessible entrances marked off.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287470</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:20:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ratpick</title>
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"Multi-language translations coming soon" Cool! So much better than "One language translations!"Seriously, this is leaps and bounds better than the old.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/06/ttc_to_unveil_new_website_today/#c287466</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:45:36 PDT</pubDate>
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