Transit Maps: Kiev

From Unofficial to Official: Igor Skliarevsky’s Kiev Rapid Transit Map

March 9, 2015

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Agents of Change, commuter rail, Europe, Igor Skliarevsky, Kiev, subway, subway map, tram, Ukraine

I first covered Igor’s vision for an improved rapid transit map for Kiev way back in 2011, and I was impressed with what I saw even back then. He’s continued to work on it and improve it since then, and it finally seems that his hard work is paying off. The latest version of his map is now being placed in some Metro trains as a pilot program, hopefully leading to full acceptance as the […]

Unofficial Map: Integrated Transit Map of Kiev, Ukraine by Igor Skliarevsky

December 29, 2011

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4.5 stars, bilingual, cartography, commuter rail, Europe, Igor Skliarevsky, Kiev, light rail, subway, Ukraine

Yes, I know I said I wasn’t going to post until the New Year, but I couldn’t wait to show this exciting new map of transit in Kiev, Ukraine. This beautiful diagram was designed by Igor Skliarevsky in his own time, simply because he was frustrated with the limitations and design of the official map. As he says on his website (pardon the Google Translate from Ukrainian), “As a designer, I find it difficult to […]