Submitted by Caden, who just enigmatically comments, “Houston: sigh”

Transit Maps says:

Caden’s sigh took me a little while to interpret (is he in love?), but I’m going to take a guess that he’s actually referencing some grand rapid transit plans – in a very car-centric city – that are now beginning to fade away. While the Red, (Green) East End and (Purple) Southeast lines are now operational, funding for the Blue University Line has completely dried up and the Gold Uptown Line looks like it’ll be reinvented as a (much cheaper) Bus Rapid Transit line instead of light rail.

At least this map of those plans is quite lovely, with confident, bold 30/60-degree angles and a nice usage of everyone’s favourite sans serif typeface, Gotham. The colour palette is also excellent, and the secondary highway grid is nicely understated. Black station labels neatly indicate an open (or just about to open) station, while grey type indicates a station still in planning. However, some of the angled station labels are a bit unfortunate, especially on the section of the University Line between Almeda and Tsu stations, where they’re angled in the same direction as the route line itself.

Our rating: Really quite nice, although we’ll just have to wait and see if the reality ever matches the dream. Sigh. 3 stars.

Source: GoMETRORail.org website – link no longer active