Toronto bloggers swarm to redesign TTC website

Wikinomics readers in Toronto may be interested in the following BarCamp get together this coming Sunday February 4, 2007. It’s organized by a network of Toronto bloggers who are keen to help the local transit authority improve many aspects of its operations, starting with its dismal web site. If you’ve lived in Toronto most of your life (like I have) and depended on the TTC to get around (like I have), you’ll probably appreciate what this is all about.

An ad-hoc gathering at the Gladstone Hotel of designers, transit geeks, bloggers, visual artists, tech geeks and cultural creators passionate about transit in Toronto and the TTC. It is a platform for Toronto’s talented design community and enthusiastic transit users and fans to demonstrate their creativity and contribute to a better way for Toronto’s transit system. The content and ideas generated in this open unconference will be delivered to the TTC for their consideration in their work.

Also note what the event is not about:

We will not be changing bus schedules, talking about stop locations, complaining about creaky infrastructure or otherwise telling the TTC how to do its core business. The organizers respect that there are many hard-working, dedicated and experienced professionals in the TTC who have been able to accomplish remarkable things for this city’s transit infrastructure over the years under very difficult resource constraints.

Thanks Mark!