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TransLink launched a new data-driven web page on Thursday that is meant to make the transit authority more transparent and accountable to the public.

“Transparency is important — I think it’s important for any public organization,” said TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond.

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When Desmond started working at TransLink last year, one of the first things he was interested in was performance metrics.

Many North American transit agencies have websites that aggregate performance data — Desmond put one in place when he was with King County Metro Transit — and he thought TransLink needed one as well.

On Thursday, TransLink’s Accountability Centre went online.

TransLink’s page gathers information that is already reported by TransLink and its operating companies — such as Coast Mountain Bus Company and the Transit police — on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis and puts it on one page under three headings: regional snapshot, performance dashboard and transparency.