"Frankly, it's about time we did something to stop confusing our customers."

Glad we got ours when we did. : . )

Well, OK, so they need a little help with the graphic design. But the *idea* is right on!

Via Berkman, an interesting comparison of municipal attitudes toward transit data. (Broadly: East Coast cities see such data as IP to be, urgh, monetized; West Coast cities perhaps unsurprisingly treat it more like a public good.) Will want to start authoring legislation mandating that such data be held in the public trust and made freely and universally available for the common good of all.

This is the kind of infuriating half-stepping and bullshit excuse-making that's swiftly rendering my beloved New York into an informatic backwater. You best believe I'm planting boots in asses when I get back. Sassan Davoodi, this means you.