Concept for a redesigned Metropass, with stronger, more iconic imagery. Among the litany of complaints passengers often reel off about the TTC, its branding, signage, and design identity don’t usually make the top of the list. Easy to dismiss as frilly and superficial, these subtle markers shape our day-to-day experience with the transit system—and they [...]

Photo by Marc Lostracco/Torontoist. This may sound crazy, but pasting thousands of ads for bargain divorce services all over hydro poles and the backs of road signs is illegal. You’d never know it, because these cheap-looking stickers seem to propagate throughout the GTA like wet Mogwais. Even worse, the fact that their contact information and [...]

Top photo by Martin Reis. Bottom photo (and before-shot inset) by Lisa Logan. At 7:46 Monday morning, Torontoist received a release from press@ttc.ca, headed “TTC launches the ‘WARM WELCOME’ campaign”: The Toronto Transit Commission announces it’s new bike-friendly attitude for Toronto two-wheelers with the ‘Warm Welcome’ campaign. Shame about the grammar mistake, but otherwise fuck [...]

Alert the Commissioner—the Good Night Bandit has struck again! Some downtown residents awoke to a less unsightly landscape this morning, thanks to this anonymous do-gooder, who collected much of the detritus left behind after the disappearance of the trash-ridden snowbanks. As if to underscore the benevolent message left by this stealthy stranger, a used condom [...]

For reasons that were surely thoroughly considered, York Mills was not a stop on the recent Type & Tile Tour of the Yonge-University-Spadina line. Nevertheless, due largely to escalator maintenance that has been ongoing for over a year, it is still quite the treasure trove of wacky signage. Here are some recent highlights: Top left [...]

Crossings bearing the familiar Pedestrians Obey Your Signals sign are usually a good indication that still nobody is obeying, but what to do when the signals themselves ignore each other? Discovered on Jared Alleyne’s Flickr account and captured this week in Yorkville by his sister Caleigh, the photo also shows a smashed street lamp reflector [...]