Historicist: "The city that nobody loves"
The Daily Photoist: November 23, 2009
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Urban Planner: November 23, 2009
So over at Metros From the World there is a field of transit company logos from cities all over this great globe of ours. You can select the ones you're ridden and make a cute little badge for your blog or whatever, but what seems to be the most interesting part is the page that ranks how many times people have chosen each subway system. Not suprisingly, New York's MTA is at the top of the list (marked 5166 times as of this posting) followed by London (5026), Washington (3960), Boston (3787), then San Francisco (3228). Toronto, at 1820, is 12th on the list.
But my oh my, the TTC logo sure is different from the rest of them. Most are one letter in a coloured shape of some sort, or involve arrows. The TTC's looks so ornate and cute by comparison.
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Gotta sound like an ass; it's "different from", not "than."
[ed's note: fixed! cheers.]
You're right about the TTC's logo; I really hope they don't do something as misguided as trying to "update" it. We saw what happened with Ontario's trillium.
Toronto ranks even higher if you consider that there are duplicate entries for Paris, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
They also appear to be confusing subways with commuter trains (though the distinction is blurred in places such as Paris). Should they be ranking GO Transit as well?
Damn, i sorta expected to see the Paris Metro logo to look more Art Nouveau-ish..
"But my oh my, the TTC logo sure is different from the rest of them. Most are one letter in a coloured shape of some sort, or involve arrows. The TTC's looks so ornate and cute by comparison."
You could say that it is nice that the TTC logo respects tradition, but it could also be indicative of the way the commission is slow to modernize and to take ideas from the outside world.