Transit Maps: integrated map

Official Map: Klang Valley Integrated Transit System, Malaysia, 2021

May 28, 2021

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2021, Asia, BRT, bus, commuter rail, integrated map, Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur, light rail, LRT, Malaysia, monorail, MRT, RapidKL, RapidRail

I recently came across this new diagram of rapid transit in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area, and thought it interesting enough to review. Previous official maps of this network have been very generic and slipshod, so it’s good to see an attempt to make a more distinctive and memorable diagram, though I don’t think it’s entirely successful. Overall, I think it does a decent job of depicting a sprawling network – the labelling of stations […]

Cancelled Official Map – Public Transport Network Map of Sydney, Australia, 2016

September 12, 2016

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0.5 stars, Australia, bus, ferry, hall of shame, heavy rail, integrated map, light rail, New South Wales, NSW, Sydney, Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries, Sydney Light Rail, Sydney Trains, Transport NSW

I’ve often lamented that Sydney’s transit maps each seem to live in a “mode vacuum”, where each individual map steadfastly refuses to acknowledge any other mode of transit, even though they’re all operated by the same agency. So the light rail map won’t show any connections to the main Sydney Train network, and the ferry map ignores the major train station located directly behind Circular Quay… that kind of stuff. Unfortunately, this new attempt at an […]