Commuting in T.O.

I just stumbled upon this today, but the Toronto Star Google Mapped (is that a verb yet?) how people from different parts of the city commute using 2006 Census data. There's also more information about each area when you click on the map (i.e. % breakdown based on mode of transportation). Apparently they did one for 2008, but they got were able to breakdown Toronto into more regions this time around according to the accompanying blog post.

The results are something Torontonians probably already know intrinsically, but its cool to see it in map form. They also have maps on other interesting things that can be shown in map form (e.g. real estate numbers, dog ownership, smoking etc.)

Neat.

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