All posts tagged: 2.5 stars

Submission – New Rail Transit Map for Stockholm, Sweden, 2015 (with Before/After)

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Submitted by Kristofer Kåring, who says: Stockholm Transit (SL) has made official a new railway/metro/tram map. News article (in Swedish) about it here. I think the new gray design is more appealing, and I like that they don’t stretch short branches any longer (like T14 to Fruängen and T17 to Skarpnäck), but the extra bends on T10 are ugly. Transit Maps says: The new map (the second of the two images above) is certainly very striking […]

Official Map: Sydney Ferries Network, 2015

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One last map from Sydney (for now!).  One of the great pleasures of summer in Sydney is catching a ferry across the beautiful harbour to destinations like Taronga Zoo and Manly. This is the current system map, introduced at the same time as the train and light rail maps that I’ve previously featured.  The seven routes, which used to be depicted in a rainbow of colours on previous maps, are now various shades of green, […]

Official Map: Salt Lake Express Shuttle Bus Service Area

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Here’s a map from a regional bus service that I had to unexpectedly use this last week in order to get to Idaho Falls from Salt Lake City Airport. Linking the Salt Lake Valley with the major regional centres of southern Idaho (Boise, Idaho Falls and Rexburg), Salt Lake Express is a vital transportation option, especially when airfares for the shuttle flights from SLC into Idaho Falls are ridiculously high (grumble, grumble). While the map […]

Submission – Official Map: New Mexico Rail Runner Commuter Rail

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Submitted by Isaac Fischer, who says: The New Mexico Rail Runner has two versions of the system map. This version (a few years old; the Montaño station is now open) is my favorite – I definitely approve of Rio Metro’s design style. However, I have a few issues: first, the thin, gray lines shown in the background are bus routes. Since the train route is presented as a straight line, this makes it difficult to […]

Official Map: METRO Light Rail/BRT Network, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

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Submitted by Ethan Osten, who says: These have started appearing on METRO trains in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I’d love to hear your opinion of them. Previously, the only maps which appeared in stations/trains were the strip maps (March 2014, 3.5 stars) you reviewed earlier this year. Transit Maps says: Unfortunately, this map seems like a bit of a backwards step from those previously featured strip maps, which were quite excellent. While I appreciate that the map […]

Official Map: Metro and Tram Network, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014

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Submitted by Bruno Heemskerk, who says: Railkaart (dutch for rail map) of Amsterdam. Train, metro and tram only, no buses. Consider the big airplane as icon for Schiphol Airport (no tram or metro connection). And the ‘Vondelpark’ with strong typography. Transit Maps says: This is one of those maps that has all the ingredients of a good transit map, but somehow ends up being much less than the sum of its parts. As Bruno suggests, […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Regional Rail Network for Rennes, Brittany

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Submitted by favrebulle, who says: This is a proposed regional rail network for Rennes, Brittany. The map is my own work. The network revolves around a central Ring. Lines come in two types. Main lines are in bright colors, and circulate all day, every day, twice an hour. Secondary lines are in pastel colors and run during rush hours, or during special events for the Expo Arena line. Intercity and high-speed services (not detailed) are […]

Official Map: New Toronto Streetcar Network Map, 2014

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Submitted by Rob, who says: The TTC have decided to include a streetcar map inside the new streetcars when they start rolling out at the end of this month.  What do you think of the map?  With out any actual street grid information it doesn’t seem very helpful since it gives you zero context of where each route is in the street system. Transit Maps says: I think Rob is being a little unfair when […]

Submission – Official Map: In-Car Map of Rome Tram Lines

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Submission and photo by Chris Bastian. Does a decent job of showing a large and disjointed network in a limited space, although it’s not exactly stylish. Notable for its interesting “circle” and “half-circle” terminus stations, as well as its use of double-headed arrow station markers to show that trams stop in both directions there. As the tram network basically circumnavigates the historical centre of Rome, that part is basically compressed so much that it’s barely […]

Submission – Official Map: Bus Network of Nuuk, Greenland

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Submitted by sperwing, who says: Legends are pretty important parts of maps. Especially if you do things differently than other maps. It is certainly a unique decision that every bus stop is only for one direction. Defining that direction only by the side of the label however is just poor design. (no arrows!) Transit Maps says: This is definitely one of the most unique transit maps I’ve seen, in that it requires you to use […]