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Official Map: New York MTA Real-Time Digital Subway Map, 2020

October 20, 2020

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diagram, geographical, interactive, Massimo Vignelli, MTA, New York, New York Subway, real time, subway, Work & Co

The MTA released a beta version of a new online real-time subway map this morning, supposedly a fusion between the design sensibilities of the Vignelli diagram and the modern subway map’s geographical pragmatism. There’s certainly been a big PR push, with effusive articles being written about it and even a mini-documentary film by Gary Huswit of Helvetica fame. With all this hoopla, I had to go investigate myself… and I came away unimpressed. First things […]

Review: New York Subway and Paris Métro Architecture and Design Maps by Blue Crow Media

December 8, 2019

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architecture, Blue Crow Media, cartography, design, Europe, France, gift guide, graphic design, Jason Woods, Linda Tonn, Mark Ovenden, metro, MTA, New York, New York Subway, Nigel Green, Paris, Paris Metro, Sandra Bloodworth, subway, USA

Transit Maps previously reviewed Blue Crow’s London Underground Architecture and Design Map back in 2017, and they’ve just released two new maps in the series celebrating Paris and New York’s transit systems (there’s also another map in the series for Moscow). As before, the maps are simple but elegant in their execution, with a geographical map of the system on one side and the explanatory text and photos on the other. They come in handsome […]

Historical Map: Long Island Rail Road Press Map, c. 1976

January 18, 2019

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1976, BMT, cartography, IRT, LIRR, logo, Long Island City, Long Island Rail Road, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, New York, New York Subway, subway, USA

A mid-1970s map of the LIRR, designed specifically to be given to “news media representatives who cover the Long Island Railroad (sic) and the MTA on a regular basis”, presumably to give them accurate facts at their fingertips when they wrote about the railroad. 234 miles of line! 700 scheduled trains a day! It’s a curious thing, drawn precisely in parts (see the lines out of Jamaica) and very roughly in others; the illustration of […]

Submission – Fantasy Map: Pacific Electric, Modern Day by Julian

November 9, 2018

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California, Julian, light rail, Los Angeles, MTA, Pacific Electric, rapid transit, streetcar, submission, USA

Submitted by Julian, who says: Although Los Angeles’ Pacific Electric interurban system fell victim to the postwar wave of urban railway closures, systems in other cities were preserved on account of their grade-separated infrastructure. In San Francisco in particular, the only streetcar lines that were preserved were the 5 that were segregated from traffic for part of their length. Since certain segments of the Pacific Electric system were not only segregated from traffic but 4-tracked […]

Submission – Photo: B/C Full Line Map, New York Subway

November 5, 2018

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2.5 stars, digital map, MTA, New York, New York Subway, photo, strip map, submission, subway

Submitted by Max, who says: I was at the newly redone 110 Street/Cathedral Parkway stop the other night and caught a glance of this new map for the B/C trains (sorry for the low-quality photo, but because of the new train arrival countdown clocks, time pressures made me take it from the other side of the turnstile). It makes some sense to see these both on the same map as they’re both part of the […]

New Yorker Cover, March 5th, 2012 – “Second Ave Line” by Roz Chast

August 1, 2017

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illustration, magazine, MTA, New York, New York Subway, New Yorker, Roz Chast, Second Avenue Subway, subway

A classic New Yorker cover, showing the much-maligned Second Avenue Subway (still five years from completion of even Phase 1 at the time of publication) wending its way past a series of increasingly unlikely stations. Papua New Guinea, Saturn and the Yukon Territories are my favourites.

Unofficial Map – New York City Subway Track Map by Andrew Lynch

May 11, 2017

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I’m kind of surprised that this hasn’t been done before – there are plenty of similar track maps out there for other major transit cities like London and Paris – but this is very nicely executed indeed. The map looks great, is easily understood even without consulting the legend, and has copious footnotes for those who want to really dive deep into the inner workings of the subway. Extra kudos for cleverly fitting the label “MANHATTAN” […]

Submission – Proposed Official Map: BaltimoreLink System Map, 2017

March 28, 2017

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Submitted by Ryan VanSickle and Christian Hurst. Ryan says: I’d like to submit the official proposed BaltimoreLINK system map. In addition to its frequency mapping and radial design (something I haven’t seen much in official maps from transit agencies), it’s got a few features that indicate a sense of humor – monsters in Chesapeake Bay, and Lil’ Linky the advice bus. There’s no elaborate compass rose to match the tallship and giant octopus, though. The […]

Official Map: Commemorative Second Avenue Subway Vignelli Diagram

January 4, 2017

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Beatriz Cifuentes, Chris Bastian, commemoration, Massimo Vignelli, MTA, New York, New York Subway, photo, Second Avenue Subway, submission, USA, Yoshiki Waterhouse

Hey, everyone! Happy New Year! Thanks to just about everyone for sending me pictures of this commemorative Vignelli-style New York subway diagram that was released when the Second Avenue Subway (finally) opened. My spies on the ground in New York are sending me a physical copy as we speak, which is awesome. This revised design was carried out by Massimo Vignelli’s proteges, Beatriz Cifuentes and Yoshiki Waterhouse, who have been entrusted with the stewardship of […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: New York Subway and Bus “Bullet Map” by Anthony Denaro

November 7, 2016

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Anthony Denaro, bus, Kickstarter, MTA, New York, New York Subway, New York Subway map, rapid transit, submission, subway, USA

Submitted by Anthony, who says: You reviewed my map of the Long Island Rail Road a few years ago. Your critiques and your blog have helped me in pushing forward on my current project, a unified Subway and Bus Map, I’m calling it the Bullet Map, named after the nickname for the circle subway route indicators. I launched it a month ago with a Medium post explaining methodology. What do you think of it? Transit Maps says: Anthony’s actually been keeping […]