[Steve X]

5 minutes of walking? Google can be funny, having one walk around a station for a long time, to go 10 metres.

Do many people get off at Duplex and then walk to the station, rather than staying on to the terminal? I'm seeing 20 minutes westbound with zero walking at PM peak.

It’s only worth it if you’re transferring from bus to bus like 32 to 34/54.

 

[ThenWhat]

Noticed Don Valley station’s entrance signage was gone this morning. New entrance signage potentially coming again?

Or another renaming in the works? That's one thing that we are really good at in this city.

 

[bearcat]

Thoughts and prayers for all the OCD people in the city who can't get over Finch and Finch West not being aligned correctly

nooooo... this is unacceptable

 

[JasonParis]

The Sheppards too.

 

[ARG1]

This aversion to putting line 5 and 6 on the map always seems silly (and kinda irrational). You look at the Los Angeles rapid transit map and it has subway, light rail, and even bus lines on it. I don’t see a problem with that.

A piece of advice: only use Los Angeles as an example if you're showcasing what NOT to do. Or most US cities for that matter.

 

[Racer_77]

Thoughts and prayers for all the OCD people in the city who can't get over Finch and Finch West not being aligned correctly

I never noticed until the maps were updated, but the old ones were arguably worse:

 

[PL1]

I get that they aren't aligned, and I agree that's ridiculous and borderline inexcusable. However, it is not OCD to dislike it; trivializing people with actual OCD is not helpful.

 

[KhalilHeron]

for a geographical map or one showing bus routes having the streets aligned make sense, but for simplified line diagram like this its really not important for actually using the map. It would look quite messy having different station spacing to make sure cross streets line up, and for little benefit to the user.

 

[officedweller]

The other thing is that the partially shown lines (2, 4, 5 & 6) should have arrows at the stubs showing they extend farther.

 

[nfitz]

I get that they aren't aligned, and I agree that's ridiculous and borderline inexcusable. However, it is not OCD to dislike it; trivializing people with actual OCD is not helpful.

As someone who can get OCD about these things, I thought it was very funny.

 

[Racer_77]

for a geographical map or one showing bus routes having the streets aligned make sense, but for simplified line diagram like this its really not important for actually using the map. It would look quite messy having different station spacing to make sure cross streets line up, and for little benefit to the user.

I think the designs are more focused on the visual balance. The old map has relatively consistent spacing between stops; the new one positions the Line 4 connection about halfway between Lines 5 and 6 (with the side effect of aligning the streets from Lawrence south).

 

[A 6264]

The other thing is that the partially shown lines (2, 4, 5 & 6) should have arrows at the stubs showing they extend farther.

This is immediately clearer than the existing map. The only further change I'd make is to fill in the line for Line 4 to solid purple; the thin outline makes it almost invisible, or might suggest it's a future or former line, not actually in use. I'd like to see this map recommended to the TTC officially, though I have no idea how that can be done.

 

[officedweller]

This is immediately clearer than the existing map. The only further change I'd make is to fill in the line for Line 4 to solid purple; the thin outline makes it almost invisible, or might suggest it's a future or former line, not actually in use. I'd like to see this map recommended to the TTC officially, though I have no idea how that can be done.

I was trying to figure out the outlines - but I think it for the lines that are "behind" you as this is on the southbound platform at Eglinton. The Yonge Line is also shown in outline.
But agreed that they are barely visible.

Another add-on would be to add the terminus station next to the arrows in small print like "To Kennedy"".

 

[nfitz]

This is immediately clearer than the existing map. The only further change I'd make is to fill in the line for Line 4 to solid purple; the thin outline makes it almost invisible, or might suggest it's a future or former line, not actually in use. I'd like to see this map recommended to the TTC officially, though I have no idea how that can be done.

Looks more crowded to me. And I don't think it adds anything. Also, filling in the line seems unnecessary given you've already passed it.

 

[McGillicuddy]

The way people carry on about this map, I'm starting to think the easiest solution is to leave the map exactly as it is and just move Finch and Yonge four blocks south so it matches.