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How Should the Purple Line Appear on the Washington, DC Metro Map?

July 17, 2015

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Greater Greater Washington, heavy rail, light rail, Peter Dovak, Purple Line, subway, USA, Washington DC, WMATA

It’s a great question, and one that regular Transit Maps contributor Peter Dovak addresses over at the Greater Greater Washington website. A series of maps runs through a variety of options, each with its own pros and cons. Making Lance Wyman’s chunky style work with an increasingly complex system is a real challenge, but Peter’s definitely come up with some workable ideas. The one above uses a thinner route line for the Purple Line, which […]

Interactive Map: Architectural Types of the Washington DC Metro

October 6, 2014

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architecture, Greater Greater Washington, interactive, Matt Johnson, metro map, USA, Washington DC, Washington Metro, WMATA

An interesting post over at Greater Greater Washington by long-time Transit Maps contributor Matt’ Johnson: a clickable interactive map that displays the location of each of the different architectural styles at stations. (That’s eleven defined styles, plus a category for those few stations that are unique). The “waffle” vaulting at underground stations may be the iconic style in most people’s minds, but there’s definitely more to be seen than just that! Even the map above […]

Washington Metro Diagram: My Last Word

October 3, 2011

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Adobe Illustrator, Cameron Booth, Greater Greater Washington, Lance Wyman, metro, redesign, transit map, USA, Washington DC, WMATA

This is it. My final take on a redesigned Washington, D.C. Metro Map. This is my third major revision of a project that began in February of last year, and won the People’s Choice Award in the Greater Greater Washington “Redesign the Metro Map” contest earlier this year. I’ve taken time away from this diagram to work on a few other projects recently, but the release of Lance Wyman’s draft diagram has inspired me to […]

Plus ça Change, Washington D.C. Style

May 26, 2011

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Cameron Booth, contest, critique, graphic design, Greater Greater Washington, Lance Wyman, transit map, USA, Washington DC

Recently, I entered a friendly contest organised by the Greater Greater Washington website to redesign the Washington, DC Metrorail map. With the recent appointment of the original designer, Lance Wyman, to renew the real map, there’s a lot of interest in this subject at the moment. I had already done a lot of the hard work with my previous redesign, although a few of the contest’s new requirements definitely necessitated a lot of rethinking. Overall, […]