A subway rider made this video on Monday. It’s a time-lapse recording of the journey through the yonge/university subway line.

Around the Loop from Tyler Freedman on Vimeo.

Offered quite a while ago, but they recently got my attention again. Spacing magazine has been selling these buttons which represent the tile art and font used by the TTC on all their stations. They can be purchased directly from Spacing or at Swipe Books.

The TTC quietly released the beta version of it’s trip planner a few days ago. I’ve tried it and it seems to be pretty accurate. Give it a shot if you’re taking the TTC somewhere and need to find out a route.

Most of the Toronto media has already covered the availability of email alerts about TTC service. The signup page is available on their website. I got the first alert after signing up earlier this week. Here’s what they look like:

from		My TTC <TTC@myttce-alerts.com>
reply-to	11002-1322TTC@myttce-alerts.com
to		xxxxxxxxxxxx
date		Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:37 PM
subject		TTC Service Alert [Yonge-University-Spadina Subway Line]
mailed-by	myttce-alerts.com

A section of the Yonge-University-Spadina Subway service is currently shut
down from Eglinton Station to Bloor Station. Shuttle buses are in service.

Last updated Jan 15, 2009 10:37 PM

Sent: 1/15/09 10:37 PM

It’s hard to tell from this email if it was sent timely, but as more people use this service, I bet they get it figured out quite quickly.

This site maps the different sizes of the world’s subway systems

I saw this posted on the Spacing blog. It’s a video of the Finch Subway parking lot as it fills up with commuters in the morning.