All posts filed under: Official Maps

Official Map: Schwäbisch Gmünd Stadtbus, Germany, 2014

May 19, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Let’s continue our recent look at small- to medium-sized German bus networks with this network map from Schwäbisch Gmünd in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, submitted by Bert. I find this map interesting, because it really shouldn’t work as well as it does. While simplified, there doesn’t seem to be any real logic or unifying design principles behind the angles used for the route lines: they just seem to be drawn to make the routes fit together. Despite that, the […]

Official Map: Oklahoma City EMBARK Bus Network by Kyril Negoda

May 18, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

mappingtwincities: A Note on the Making of Oklahoma City’s Transit Map I recently had a pleasure of designing a system map for EMBARK, Oklahoma City’s transit agency. The network is being made both more frequent and more direct to meet a growing demand. Oklahoma City is often compared to Austin, Texas for their effort to re-imagine the state’s biggest city to be less car-depended and more human-scale and user-friendly. I’m proud to be a part […]

Submission – Official LYNX Light Rail Map, Charlotte, North Carolina

May 17, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Man, this map sure manages to make depicting one line a lot of hard work. Despite the simple diagrammatic style, stations are still cramped together so close towards the top of the map that the labels have to be randomly placed on either side of the route line, rather than being spaced far enough apart to place them all neatly on one side. The map doesn’t give enough geographical context to justify this “accurate” placement […]

Submission – Official Map: Bus Network of Göttingen, Germany, 2014

May 14, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Submitted by Hubert at the same time as the awful Marburg map. Of this map, Hubert says: Check out the intertwined lines in the city center! I find this approach very interesting and useful and I would really like to hear your thoughts about this. Transit Maps says: The intertwined (or “candy-striped”) lines in the city centre are definitely the most interesting thing about this map. The rest of it is a competent, if unexciting, […]

Submission – Official Map: Bus Network of Marburg, Germany, 2014

May 12, 2014
comment 1
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Submitted by Hubert, who says: You really should review more ugly, messed up maps as they serve as deterrent examples. This eyesore of a map is what made me aware of the fact that transit map design is not as easy as it seems. I once sat in line 7 and it took me twenty minutes to figure out whether the bus served the Elisabethkirche Station in my direction of travel. This is literally the […]

New Official Map: MBTA Rapid Transit, Based On Winning Contest Entry

April 23, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

First sightings are coming in of Boston’s new rapid transit map being deployed on trains and stations, and prints are also available from MBTAgifts.com. For now, the map on the actual MBTA website is still the previous version. The blurb about the map on MBTAgifts.com says: The 2014 MBTA rapid transit map was the result of an international competition for designs. This map is based on the winning submission and has been complete[ly] redrawn and […]

Submission: Transportation in the Backwaters of Kerala, India

April 11, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Submitted by Jim McNeill, who says: Kerala in southern India is famed for its backwaters, a popular holiday destination for people to cruise in rented houseboats. I was amazed to see a transit map of the area, and not a bad one at that. I was impressed at the attempt to show road, train, boat and air all on the same map. Granted it’s not perfect, the ferry crossings become maze like in the centre […]

Official Map: Sydney Light Rail Network, 2014

March 25, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Sydney’s light rail system is expanding this Thursday March 27, with an extension from the current outermost station at Lilyfield along an old freight rail alignment to Dulwich Hill. Here’s the map of the “network” (can you call one line a network?) that’s now available on the Transport for NSW website. Stylistically, it’s been brought into line with the maps of the other Transport for NSW services, including that of the main Sydney Trains network. […]

Official Map: Boston MBTA Government Center Station Closure Bypass

March 20, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Official Maps
Tags:

Submitted by Lawrence, who says: As you’ve probably heard, the MBTA is about to close Government Center at the end of service tomorrow for a 2 year reconstruction. I’d like to hear your thoughts on the detour maps the T created and have put in stations. To me (a self-confessed transit geek), they seem adequate, but all of my friends find them very confusing. This leads to a broader question: how should transit agencies map […]

Official/Future Map: Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Strip Map (now with added Green Line!)

March 20, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Future Maps, Official Maps
Tags:

Submitted by Nathan Bakken, who says: Hi, I am an Urban Studies major at UMN, and while riding the Blue line today I noticed the new transit map for our light rail system. thought i would share. Transit Maps says: Looks like the Twin Cities’ Metro Transit is gearing up for the opening of the new Green Line light rail nice and early! The line – which will link the downtown areas of Minneapolis and […]