Transit Maps: DCTA

Quick Project: Redesign of the Dallas Streetcar/DART Rail Strip Map

February 11, 2017

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Cameron Booth, Dallas, DART, DCTA, Fort Worth, light rail, reworking, streetcar, strip map, Texas, TRE

The other day, long-time correspondent Edward Russell tweeted a photo of a strip map he’d seen while on the Dallas Streetcar (left). It depicts the DART light rail system, telling riders that they can make a connection with that service at Union Station (at one end of the short streetcar line). However, the execution of the map is almost comically poor: wobbly route lines, clashing labels, uneven spacing of stations and more. One of the […]

Submission – Official Map: DCTA A-Train Map, Denton County, Texas, 2015

August 3, 2015

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1.5 stars, A Train, commuter rail, Dallas, DART, DCTA, Denton, Denton County, Lewisville, light rail, submission, Texas, USA

Submitted by Kara Fischer, who says: I think I may have a new map for your Hall of Shame! Here’s the official map for A-Train service in Texas. That yellow line’s VERY hard to see on the pale background; there’s much more emphasis on the street grid and the lakes. And those station icons! I can’t tell what five of them are, and it’s absolutely ridiculous to only label them in the legend! Why can’t […]