Submitted by Bailey, who says:

UTA (Salt Lake City) looks like they’ve been improving maps in the individual cars, as well. While the abysmal deservingly-zero-star maps are still in use at some stations, all cars have these fancy new maps over about half of the doors of the cars. This was taken in an SD-160 car. I like it, but I feel like it could do without the names of the cities on the map. What do you think?

Transit Maps says:

This is – by a considerable margin – quite the best rail diagram that the UTA has made during the five or so years that this blog has been active. It carries on the upward trend started by the current version of the full system map (June 2015, 3 stars) and pleasingly carries on the corporate look of that map, with consistent typography and legend box. The restrained north/south arrows are also quite nice: definitely an improvement over some of the previous ornate compass roses! Labelling is clear, legible and generally well-spaced… and no leader lines required!

There’s a couple of niggly little things that I’m not crazy about – the Green Line separates from the main spine using 45-degree angles, but the Red Line uses hard 90-degree turns, for example. It would seem that this is simply because there’s not enough horizontal space, but it makes things look a little inconsistent, especially on the West Valley and South Jordan branches, which are right alongside each other. The city names are a bit of a necessary evil, I’m afraid… everyone wants to be represented! They are a little cramped when jammed between the branches and the main trunk, but not so bad elsewhere.

Our rating: I almost can’t believe I’m saying this about a UTA transit diagram, but this is quite decent. Keep heading up, guys! Three-and-a-half stars!