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Submission – New Rail Transit Map for Stockholm, Sweden, 2015 (with Before/After)

March 19, 2015
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Submitted by Kristofer Kåring, who says: Stockholm Transit (SL) has made official a new railway/metro/tram map. News article (in Swedish) about it here. I think the new gray design is more appealing, and I like that they don’t stretch short branches any longer (like T14 to Fruängen and T17 to Skarpnäck), but the extra bends on T10 are ugly. Transit Maps says: The new map (the second of the two images above) is certainly very striking […]

From Unofficial to Official: Igor Skliarevsky’s Kiev Rapid Transit Map

March 9, 2015
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I first covered Igor’s vision for an improved rapid transit map for Kiev way back in 2011, and I was impressed with what I saw even back then. He’s continued to work on it and improve it since then, and it finally seems that his hard work is paying off. The latest version of his map is now being placed in some Metro trains as a pilot program, hopefully leading to full acceptance as the […]

Official Maps: Jefferson Bus Lines “Minnesota Routes” Series

March 2, 2015
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Here’s some nice illustrative map work, originally sent my way by Jeffrey Bridgeman, that showcases the routes of the Jefferson Lines bus company through the state of Minnesota. I’ve featured the main map that shows all of their services, and one of the six individual route maps – the evocatively named “Paul Bunyan” route. For the record, I think these are great: fun, welcoming, informational and nice to look at. Anything that makes long-haul bus […]

Official Map: Sydney Ferries Network, 2015

February 11, 2015
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One last map from Sydney (for now!).  One of the great pleasures of summer in Sydney is catching a ferry across the beautiful harbour to destinations like Taronga Zoo and Manly. This is the current system map, introduced at the same time as the train and light rail maps that I’ve previously featured.  The seven routes, which used to be depicted in a rainbow of colours on previous maps, are now various shades of green, […]

Official Map: Sydney Olympic Park Major Event Buses

February 10, 2015
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Following on from yesterday’s post, thanks to “adros47” who left a comment noting that Transport NSW does in fact have an official map of Olympic Park special event bus services. Unlike Jimmy’s semi-geographical approach, this map is completely and unapologetically diagrammatic, and it actually works pretty well for me.  About the only thing that I’d really like to see (as on Jimmy’s map) is an indication of how long a bus trip might take from […]

Official Map: Salt Lake Express Shuttle Bus Service Area

January 5, 2015
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Here’s a map from a regional bus service that I had to unexpectedly use this last week in order to get to Idaho Falls from Salt Lake City Airport. Linking the Salt Lake Valley with the major regional centres of southern Idaho (Boise, Idaho Falls and Rexburg), Salt Lake Express is a vital transportation option, especially when airfares for the shuttle flights from SLC into Idaho Falls are ridiculously high (grumble, grumble). While the map […]

Photo: Toyoko Line Strip Map, Shibuya Station, Tokyo

January 1, 2015
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Lovely clarity with this strip map for the Toyoko Line in Japan (the name is a portmanteau of Tokyo and Yokohama, the two cities that the line runs between). There are four route lines, each clearly showing which stations the different service types stop at. From top to bottom, these are Local, Express, Commuter Express and Limited Express. Interchanges with other lines – regardless of operating company – are also shown, and it’s bilingual as […]

Photo – Official Map: Atlanta Streetcar In-car Strip Map

December 31, 2014
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Here’s a photo from long-time correspondent Matt’ Johnson of the in-car strip map for the just-opened-yesterday Atlanta Streetcar. I sort of get a Transport for London/Tube Map vibe from it, and that’s a good thing in my eyes. Simple, clean, bold, easy to read, and it doesn’t try to over-complicate or “dress up” what is a very simple loop system. It’s not completely perfect: all the station names are left-aligned and aligned to the left […]

Official Map: New Mexico Rail Runner Commuter Rail (“Desktop” Version)

December 19, 2014
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Following up on the previous post about the “mobile” version of the Rail Runner map – the one that gets served to smartphones and tablets when they’re browsing the mobile version of Rio Metro’s website – here’s the “desktop” version (what you see on a real computer). Overall, it’s a little better in my eyes. The similar-looking connection icons are a little larger on this map (big enough that I can see it’s a pair […]