Submission – Future Official Map: Oklahoma City Streetcar, 2017

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Submitted by Kara Fischer, who says:

I don’t know if you’ve seen this one yet, but here’s the page for the upcoming Oklahoma City Streetcar, featuring probably my favorite official streetcar map that I’ve ever seen. The color scheme is calm yet visible, the map doesn’t feel cluttered despite identifying every street and countless landmarks, walking times are included in relevant places, and the position of the station marker indicates the side of the road where the platform can be found. I personally think this is a perfect example of how a streetcar map should be designed, and I was wondering about your thoughts on the matter!

Transit Maps says:

Yes, this really is quite lovely, and any problems I have with it are very minor: The redundant second shield for I-235 that’s half cut-off on the right hand side of the map, and the way that the Bricktown Canal looks a little too similar to a road are the most obvious flaws for me. 

And while the color palette is generally very pleasing, I would have perhaps leveraged the distinctive magenta colors from the streetcar’s logo for the actual route lines, just to help them pop out a little more from the background.

Our rating: Really quite lovely, and hopefully an indicator of the quality of the streetcar project as a whole. It certainly gets me excited for the future! Four stars.

Source: Oklahoma City website

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