Created: TTC Stop Timetable in PDF

Why toss and turn all night when what I really wanted to do was create the 501 Timetable in PDF form?

501 Queen Eastbound at Bathurst Timetable (PDF)

This was not that hard to do as you might imagine. However I can’t imagine something like this being done manually for every stop. Possibly a PDF generated some a database? Anyone have any ideas on this we can share with the TTC?

I was able to use the HTML/CSS I had created yesterday by just importing the HTML file into Apple’s Page.app. It was a pretty easy transition and respects some pretty tricky selectors. The only inaccuracies I can identify is that some of the cars originated at Humber Loop instead of Long Branch as indicated at the bottom, and I am totally guessing on the trip time estimates. Comments?

Maybe someone can plaster one of these in front of Pizza Pizza on Queen/Bathurst?

Updated: A few Canadians did not understand the military time so I changed the time to 12-hour notation.

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Published:: 2.2.07 / 4pm

Category:: Toronto, User Experience

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Ryan Feeley is the senior designer at Toronto-based Idée Inc. working on such interesting projects as TinEye, the world’s first image-recognition based search engine. He lives with his wife Julia in a house facing the Greenwood Subway Yard. Your people can contact his people through the medium of .

Ryan Coleman 2.2.07 / 6pm

Hey Ryan,

With a good variable data press this would be a no brainer to spit out a a copy for each stop.

Have contacts in that space if there becomes any interest.

Ryan

Magda 2.16.07 / 1am

Nice looking form.

How about a title that includes the words “streetcar” and “Toronto” somewhere?

Magda

ryan 2.16.07 / 7am

Good idea! We get both streetcars and buses at many of our stops.

BTW, at the Toronto Transit Camp I was told by a TTC official that PDF export is a standard add-on to their scheduling system. So is a route planner. It’s just a question of allocating (and having) the cash.

Ryan Feeley

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