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Infographic: Passenger Volumes in Vancouver, BC by u/Mobius_Peverell

March 26, 2019
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Here’s an interesting little infographic (clearly based off the official Translink map) that’s making the rounds on Reddit/Twitter/etc. at the moment, showing average weekday ridership on rapid transit in Vancouver, British Columbia. Created by u/Mobius_Peverell on Reddit with “Excel, GIMP, and two afternoons” (in their own words), it’s quite a striking graphic. It definitely shows the dominance of the SkyTrain, and the Canada Line in particular. However, it’s important to note that the 99 B-Line, […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Montreal Metro Strip Map by Max Robb

March 5, 2019
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Submitted by Max, who says: Some time ago you had someone submit a redesign of the Montreal map in the style of Harry Beck (August 2013), but noted it included a number of “un-Beckian” turns at the ends of the green line. Inspired by this, and that Montreal’s system was manageable for a first-time designer, I removed as much of the geography as I felt I could. I picture this being the right sort of […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: MARTA Rail, Atlanta Redesign by Alec Southwell

February 28, 2019
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Submitted by Alec, who says: Long-time reader here with my first submission, a redesign of Atlanta’s MARTA rail system. I’ve always been puzzled as to why the colors in MARTA’s logo don’t reflect those of the lines. For this map, I’ve “rebranded” the line colors, which has the added benefit of making them easier to distinguish for those with colorblindness. I’ve named the lines after their unique terminals, which erases the potential confusion for tourists […]

Unofficial Map: Amsterdam Metro and Rail Map, 2019 by Jaap Knevel

February 11, 2019
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Submitted by Jaap, who says: I’m a Dutch information designer and design school teacher. I would like to submit my map of the Amsterdam Metro and Train network for your review. Transit Maps says: Jaap actually sent me a version of this map quite a while ago, and I’m sorry to say that it’s been languishing in my inbox since then. Which is a bit of a crime, because I think this is an excellent, […]

GIF: Evolution of a New Unofficial Santiago Transit Map by Jose Ureña

January 30, 2019
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Jose sent me a link to this still-evolving project via Twitter the other day, and his post on Medium about it is well worth reading, even through the filter of Google Translate. He’s got a lot of great ideas, and it’s always fun seeing how other people approach codifying their design principles for a map. What really caught my eye was this GIF showing the evolution of Jose’s map, all the way from the initial […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Rail Transit of Dortmund, Germany by Moritz Köhler

January 27, 2019
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Submitted by Moritz, who says: It’s me again, Moritz – this time with an unofficial redesign of the light rail and regional rail map of my hometown, Dortmund. The light rail network itself is based on a simple principle where the trunk routes form a triangle in the city centre, thus allowing to reach every station with no more than one change of trains at one of the three central intersecting points. To depict this […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Copenhagen Train and Metro Network by Kristoffer Bæk

January 19, 2019
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Submitted by Kristoffer, who says: I’ve made a map of my hometown Copenhagen’s transit system as it will look from summer 2019, when the circle metro line opens after a ~10 year long construction phase. A regional rail line to Ringsted will open at the same time. There are two local train systems in Copenhagen, S trains and Metro, but the official maps for the two systems use quite different map styles. Once the circle […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Transit of Sumy, Ukraine by Kostya Cherepovskyi

January 14, 2019
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Submitted by Kostya, who says: I’d be happy if you reviewed my new piece, unofficial transit map of Ukrainian city of Sumy featuring: trolleybuses in the foreground and buses in the background, close to real topology, landmarks, city center map and other smaller features. I’m sorry about Cyrillics but I feel like it shouldn’t matter much. Looking forward to what you think and thank you! Transit Maps says: Hey everyone, it’s the first published submission […]

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 […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Metro Bilbao, Spain by Raül Santín

November 25, 2018
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Submitted by Raül, who says: Hello, this is my third transit map that I create, but the first one that’s not a fantasy one (previously I did a Tallinn Metro Map and a Tram network for my town), so it’s a redesign of Metro Bilbao and suburban network. I would like to know your feedback about it, and I would also like you to publish it because I don’t think there are many circular maps […]