Transit Maps: 1990s

Submission: Pixies/Throwing Muses Subway Map by Brian

October 23, 2020

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1990s, Belly, Frank Black, Helium Design, infographic, Kristin Hersh, music, Pixies, subway map, The Breeders, Throwing Muses

Submitted by Brian, who says: A few years back I made a quick sketch for my friend showing the relationships between Pixies and Throwing Muses and their associated bands. For her recent birthday I made this subway map version for her, because, of course I did. Who doesn’t want a subway map for their birthday? Transit Maps says: Any resemblance to my mid-1990s CD collection is entirely coincidental, I assure you! I like this, Brian […]

Historical Map: TriMet Bus and MAX Routes, Portland, Oregon (early 1990s)

June 30, 2014

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Historical Maps

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1990s, 3.5 stars, bus, icons, light rail, Oregon, Portland, TriMet

Certainly no later than 1998 as the MAX light rail only consists of the original Westside route (later to be the Blue Line). Of note is the continued use of the service zone icons – fish, rain, snow, beaver, leaf, rose and deer – that defined Portland’s downtown transit mall for decades. I’ve featured them before on this map from 1978, but it’s on this map where their main failing comes to the fore. Because […]