Was on the bus earlier this week, when I noticed not one, but four surveillance cameras on the bus. I thought it was a tad excessive. What do you think?

The iPhone has this weird photo bug that appears once in awhile, where it renders your images in this strange but artistic cubist fashion. I was taking a quick picture at Yorkdale subway station when I got this surprise.

Thought I’d share this older photo taken a couple of years ago. It’s the Queen Streetcar at Spadina.

Do you have any interesting transit related photos? Why don’t you add them to the Metronauts flickr group.

While the rest of the city gets ready for TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, the TTC and One Stop Media are ramping up for TUFF, Toronto Urban Film Festival.

TUFF is an 8-day (September 5th – September 12th) long public film festival for commuters, featuring 1-minute silent films each day on the One Stop network screens in various subway stations.

So if you are on your way to work, or in-between TIFF movie, keep your eye out for these quirky and quick films.

Yesterday morning, the city of Toronto officially unveiled a Pedestrian Priority Phase at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas. This adds an extra opportunity for a pedestrian only crossing phase which will allow the public to cross diagonally across the intersection, as well as east-west or north-south.

Councillor Kyle Rae, councillor Glenn De Baermaeker, head of the city’s works department and Gary Welsh, general manager of the city’s transportation services were all on hand to address the public and field questions from the media.

Check out in-depth coverage from BlogTO and Spacing as well as my own gallery of images.

This was the scene crossing Dundas Street at Yonge last week. It was a Wednesday, early afternoon, quite a bit of pedestrian traffic. According to our friends at Spacing, Toronto will see its first Scramble intersection by the end of the month. So instead of crossing north to south, as pictured above, or east to west, you’ll be able to cross the intersection in any direction.

You know Labour Day is just around the corner when the Canadian National Exhibition opens it’s gates for business during the last two weeks in August. With gas prices rising and parking being a premium in the area, transit tends to be one of the better ways of getting down there. Routes are posted after the jump.

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As a comparison to my photo post from last week, I thought I would share what Highway 401 looks like on a regular day. This scene shouldn’t be a surprise as this highway is travelled by 400,000 to 500,000 vehicles a day, making it the busiest in North America, even beyond the freeway in Los Angeles which sees 350,000 vehicles daily.

You never really appreciate the infrastructure you have, until you don’t have it. This past Sunday, the 401 was closed down between the 400 and the DVP/404 due to an explosion in North York at Sunrise Propane early that morning.

Strangely enough, the lack of traffic left a quiet calm in my apartment, which overlooks the 401 near the Allen. However, commuters on either end of the city were stuck in chaotic traffic.