Month: December 2018

Video: Introduction to an Alternate Berlin Transit Map by Pasha Omelekhin

December 5, 2018
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All transit maps should have their own cool launch video! And this one certainly makes the map look very intriguing, with its more geographically faithful and organic layout. The distinctive Hundekopf (dog’s head) shape of the S41/S42 Berlin Ringbahn is certainly very apparent! The larger font size is also quite obvious, even at a distance.  The only minor quibble I have about this video is that it calls this map “THE new map”, contrasting that against “the […]

Historical Map: MUNI Route Changes, January 27, 1982

December 5, 2018
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Sent my way by Marcin Wichary on Twitter is this rather adorable little illustrated map. It’s from the front page of a leaflet issued to introduce new – and quite substantial – changes to routes in San Francisco, moving from a radial pattern that centred on downtown to more of a gridlike pattern covering the whole city. The changes also introduced the concept of timed transfers at some stations to eliminate long waits for transfers. The illustration […]