Transit Maps: May 2014

Fantasy Map: “Metroplasm” — Official Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Poster

May 6, 2014

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Ghostbusters, New York, subway, subway map, USA

Reblogged because Ghostbusters and subway map, duh. g1988: THIS THURSDAY, we will also release the newest screenprint from the official 30th Anniversary Ghostbusters Commemorative art project, “Metroplasm” by Anthony Petrie. This fan favorite Subway map is 24 x 36 inches, with around only 200 copies available online, and is even more impressive in person. The print will be released Thursday, May 8th, at 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT at this site: http://shop.ghostbusters30th.com/products/anthony-petrie Some notes for purchasing: […]

Historical Map: Train and Tram Travel Times in Melbourne, Australia, c. 1920

May 5, 2014

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1920, Australia, isochrone, Melbourne, passenger rail, rail map, town planning, tram, Victoria

A handsome isochrone map produced by Melbourne’s Metropolitan Town Planning Commission to show the “minimum” (i.e., absolute best scenario) travel time into the city via suburban railways and tram lines. Some later additions to the network seem to have been pencilled in at the bottom right of the map. Side note: Wikipedia’s article on isochrone maps includes the incredibly lazy assertion that “isochrone maps have been used in transportation planning since 1972 or earlier”, simply because […]