http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/open-source-the-ttc-website.html Ian Stevens' weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:45:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/open-source-the-ttc-website.html#comment-11831 ttcsubwaymap youtube Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:44:46 +0000 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/open-source-the-ttc-website.html#comment-11831 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQMkGpWH9w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQMkGpWH9w

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/open-source-the-ttc-website.html#comment-2288 No Google Transit for TTC: Giambrone - crazed monkey Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:20:07 +0000 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/ttc/open-source-the-ttc-website.html#comment-2288 [...] The TTC chairman confirmed my forecast of 8 months for a new website, giving an estimate of 6 to 8 months. That figure does not include the transit planner, which will be phased in for 2008. The planner has been budgeted for, although Giambrone said that the TTC has not yet decided whether it will be created in-house or will be out-sourced. He did state, however, that they were not looking to Google Transit due to fears that their service might require integration costs and ongoing fees in the near future. I hate to say this, but it seems like a wise move to forgo Google Transit for now. I’ve been speaking with transit planners in Portland, the city whose system was included in Google Transit’s launch, and there have been complaints that it provides sub-optimal trips which cost riders more than the ones provided by TriMet’s own planner. [...] [...] The TTC chairman confirmed my forecast of 8 months for a new website, giving an estimate of 6 to 8 months. That figure does not include the transit planner, which will be phased in for 2008. The planner has been budgeted for, although Giambrone said that the TTC has not yet decided whether it will be created in-house or will be out-sourced. He did state, however, that they were not looking to Google Transit due to fears that their service might require integration costs and ongoing fees in the near future. I hate to say this, but it seems like a wise move to forgo Google Transit for now. I’ve been speaking with transit planners in Portland, the city whose system was included in Google Transit’s launch, and there have been complaints that it provides sub-optimal trips which cost riders more than the ones provided by TriMet’s own planner. [...]

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