Suddenly, it seems that “draw-your-own” subway maps are all the rage. Hot on the heels of Jason Wright’s fun Brand New Subway game comes this slightly more serious planning tool released by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) in conjunction with other local authorities. 

The stated goal of the tool is simple: Where do you want subway transit in SF? Just draw lines on the map where you want ‘em to go, add some stations and hit “Submit”. From there, I’m guessing the SFMTA collates all the responses, eliminates the spurious ones and then looks for common corridors and station locations in those that remain. It’s certainly an interesting way of soliciting initial community input, if nothing else.

It does seem a little odd that the currently under-construction Central Subway isn’t included on the map as a given element, seeing that it’s already part of the future of subway transit in San Francisco, but maybe this way gives users more freedom to express their ideas?

There’s more background information here on the SFMTA blog, or you can just dive in and make a map here.