All posts tagged: ferry

Submission – Tourists’ Trolleybus Map of Yalta, Crimea by Aleksandr Karavaev and Nikolay Bashkov

March 21, 2019
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Submitted by Pasha Omelekhin, who has had maps featured on the blog previously. Transit Maps says: Somewhat blurring the line between illustration and map, this diagram — created to provide visitors to the city with an overview of transit in the city and how it relates to points of interest — presents the trolleybus lines and the city as an oblique “birds-eye” view from the sea with the mountains rising behind. Printed versions of the […]

Submission – Historical Transit of Dunedin, New Zealand by Sam van der Weerden

February 6, 2019
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Submitted by Sam, who says: After finishing this map early last year I think it’s finally time to submit it!Dunedin, NZ had the second cable car system in the world (after San Francisco), as well as an extensive network of trams, with some ferries and rail as well. This is a map of the greatest extent of that old network, including historical closing dates and old line numbers. None of this infrastructure is around now […]

Submission – Official Map: Unified Map of Transit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018

January 17, 2019
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Submitted by Henrique, who says: Hello! Rio de Janeiro has, now and finally, a new official map of all the metropolitan transport system. Here, we have BRT corridors, tramways, metro lines and a suburban rail, but each system used to have your own map in the stations. What you think about the design of it? Transit Maps says: The text on the government web page promoting this map roughly translates to: “This tool… aims to […]

Submission – Official Map: Buses around the Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, Australia

November 5, 2018
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Submitted by Felix, who says: Transport for NSW released a new bus route map for the Eastern Suburbs, which I noticed a hard copy of and they provided a PDF upon request. There are many bus routes in the area and, because of the hilly terrain, many have quirks in their routes. I’ve spoken to many a tourist or visitor at Bondi Junction interchange, or one of the beaches, confused about which bus to take. […]

Submission – Official Map: Tram and Ferry Map of Gothenburg, Sweden

August 14, 2018
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Submitted by Hugo Simonsson, who says: The map of the Gothenburg tram (and ferry) network. I think it’s quite nice, but there’s some flaws with the huge bit of space in the top left and the complicated ferry network in the bottom left without clear routes. The choice of colours is nice and mostly clear. Transit Maps says: There’s actually is a reason for the odd combination of wasted space and cramped parts in this […]

Historical Map: Sydney Tramways, 1921

February 23, 2018
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This is one of those maps where I’m not entirely sure if it’s the brainchild of a genius or the work of a madman. It’s an insanely detailed map-slash-diagram of tram routes in Sydney from 1921 by an unknown author that also attempts to indicate almost every major cross-street along the way. Intersections that are also designated as tram stops get a marker and increasingly larger labels to indicate their relative importance. Five different line […]

Submission – Official Map: New York City Ferry Services Map, 2017

May 1, 2017
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Submitted by David, who says: NYC is relaunching its ferry service today, and they’ve produced a subway-style map to illustrate the service. The typeface and station symbols seem a bit more London than NYC to me, but otherwise seems like a decent map. What do you think? Transit Maps says: Apparently, the first morning of this “new and improved” ferry service didn’t go that well today, as the Mayor’s photo opportunity caused major service delays […]

Submission – Future Fantasy Map: Vancouver’s Regional Transportation System by David Danos

February 16, 2017
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Submitted by David, who says: Here is a map I made using the current Translink maps as the base-line. I decided to include trams and commuter rail as trams are in the process of being deployed in Surrey and by Granville Island, and I firmly believe we should invest in commuter rail more than just the WCE. As well, I made a lot of references to Vancouver’s and Canada’s histories, from recognising our Coast Salish […]

Unofficial Map: The Alaska Marine Highway Highway by Daniel Huffman

December 14, 2016
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Submitted by Daniel, who says: The Alaska Marine Highway System is (to an outsider like me) super confusing. Their website has a map, but it doesn’t indicate which ferries connect which towns. But, this information is vital if you want to book passage — it appears to me that you can’t simply select two towns and hope that the system will route you along multiple ships; you have to know exactly which route and connection […]

Visualization: The Commutometer

September 13, 2016
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By now, everyone should know that I love a good isochrone map, so I’ve definitely been having fun with the Commutometer. It’s an online map that uses data from nine transit agencies around the San Francisco Bay Area to show you how far you can get from your currently selected point by public transport in a certain amount of time. It defaults to 30 minutes, but you can set it from anywhere from 5 minutes to […]