It's only been a few days since it launched, but Red Rocket has already proven itself an essential app for any iPhone and iPod touch owners who call Toronto home and call the TTC their ride. Using transit data provided by the excellent MyTTC.ca, Red Rocket—created by software developer George Talusan and graphic designer Hilary Street—provides a comprehensive set of TTC gadgets, from schedules to maps to service advisories to stop times to GPS-powered nearest......

The TTC has a new website: MyTTC.ca! It's got a functional trip planner, a stats section with the neat map/video above ("each burst represents a bus departing from the stop in that location"), pages for each route that can be edited by the site's users, more features like SMS/IM integration and an interface designed for smart phones and PDAs coming soon, and is—surprise—not affiliated with the transit organization in any way, shape, or form.......