jks
Continuous Lurker
Dude, awesome logo for Toronto and area transit. It looks like the GO logo, but you can clearly see the letters GTA!
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Dude, awesome logo for Toronto and area transit. It looks like the GO logo, but you can clearly see the letters GTA!
doady
Senior Member
Thanks, the letters are actually supposed to be G-T-T-A. I wasn't sure if I am allowed to use the name 'GTTA' or 'Greater Toronto Transportation Authority' so I just came up with that logo instead. I remember the TTC threaten lawsuit on one guy who made a fantasy map and he was forced to change all the colours and make other changes. I just wanted to avoid that, and plus one of the forumers here is from Metrolinx I think. But it really should say 'Greater Toronto Transportation Authority' there, instead of 'Toronto and area' (I couldn't use 'Greater Toronto Area' either since Hamilton is technically not part of the GTA).
CDL.TO
Moderator
I can see an "H" in your logo as well, so it's all good... GTHTA
or we could try to use the Golden Horseshoe title... GHTA
Trying the describe the region's place in Ontario is has its own issues... South Central TA
Second_in_pie
Senior Member
Umm doady, I'm having a fair bit of trouble looking at your map/page. It doesn't seem like anyone else is having any problems, but whenever I open it on my Mac, it crashes my Safari, and when I opened it on my PC, it said it couldn't open the page.
Is there anything I'm missing? I'm really curious as to what it looks like right now
Is there anything I'm missing? I'm really curious as to what it looks like right now
Calrissian
Active Member
TO Penguin: this map is the best representation of the Transit City / existing subway infrastructure I have seen. I think you are correct and the underground sections could be represented with a bit of a thicker line, however, also, since these lines do criss-cross with one another, they should be represented with designated colours, to avoide confusion.
I would really hope the TTC produces maps like this for when these lines are complete.
Perhaps someone with pull could submit this to TTC for reference?
I would really hope the TTC produces maps like this for when these lines are complete.
Perhaps someone with pull could submit this to TTC for reference?
doady
Senior Member
Umm doady, I'm having a fair bit of trouble looking at your map/page. It doesn't seem like anyone else is having any problems, but whenever I open it on my Mac, it crashes my Safari, and when I opened it on my PC, it said it couldn't open the page.
Is there anything I'm missing? I'm really curious as to what it looks like right now
It is a PDF so you need Adobe Reader. If you can't open it in the browser, try downloading it (Right click link -> Save Link As) and opening from the hard drive.
TO_penguin
New Member
Ok guys, here's the sixth version of my Transit City map!
Whoaccio
Senior Member
What are the most popular programs for making these maps? I've been meaning to try making a map with photoshop, but am pretty awful with that program in general and have difficulty scaling everything, so am curious to see if there are any other common options. Visio comes to mind for more 'schematic' themed maps. Is there any way you can export something from Google Earth/Maps as a jpeg?
Chuck
Senior Member
Ok guys, here's the sixth version of my Transit City map!
Another nice map. One thing that I would do though is simplify the station naming. For example, I'd prefer if the current St. Patrick station was just called Dundas, or if the current Lawrence East station was just called Lawrence. Adding 200 stations only worsens this problem.
I find it more practical to just keep things simple, and name stations after the cross street. This means that people would have to start saying "let's meet at Dundas Station on the University Line", or simply "let's meet at University and Dundas".
duper
Active Member
Two Dundas Stations? Should we also rename Dundas West station so that we can have three?
Personally, I feel that stations should be named after the neighborhood they are in. Most subway systems I know of follow that model.
I say rename St. Patrick station "Kensington Market". Makes perfect sense.
Oh, and while we're at it, rename Vaughan Corporate Centre "Suburban Wasteland."
Second_in_pie
Senior Member
^^ Maybe we could have temporary fad names for stations.
The stop at Jane and Finch would be "Not where you want to be." VCC would instead just be "Wasteland", Union would be "The Epicenter" and Kennedy would be "Stupid Transfer Station"
I like it
The stop at Jane and Finch would be "Not where you want to be." VCC would instead just be "Wasteland", Union would be "The Epicenter" and Kennedy would be "Stupid Transfer Station"
I like it
junctionist
Senior Member
I find it ironic that duper chose St. Patrick Station to be renamed, when it is one of only a handful of stations in the system not named after a nearby intersecting street, but rather an old local ward name.
JasonParis
Moderator
Ok guys, here's the sixth version of my Transit City map!
Nice! I think I'd add the Yonge extension too and perhaps even incorporate all the GO lines in a single colour as well to get a full sense of the "higher order" transit in the central part of the GTA.
DavidH
Senior Member
For what it's worth, Metrolinx has been referring to it as the GTAH (Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton).
Calrissian
Active Member
Niiice... This is the map we should be greated with at each Subway & TC station/stop as well as carried on each Subway / TC car.
For regular Streetcar and Bus routes, they can continue to use the Ride Guide fold out mess.
For regular Streetcar and Bus routes, they can continue to use the Ride Guide fold out mess.