Photo: Gautrain Strip Map, Gauteng, South Africa, 2010

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This has to win some kind of award for “least efficient use of space in a strip map ever”. Let’s see, we’ve got an enormous title, a big picture of the train (that we’re currently on), a giant legend and contact details, and a weird swooshy design feature just to fill up some empty space. 

Oh yeah, and a tiny little map that’s  just been repurposed from the main system map without any thought as to how riders will actually be able to read it on a train. Even better, the smallest type is in yellow, just to make it even harder to read. This is not a complex network: the map could have easily been completely redrawn to suit the dimensions of the strip!

Our rating: Pure laziness. Zero stars and an entry to the Hall of Shame.

Source: Henti Smith/Flickr – link no longer active

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