Submitted by Rafał, who says:

I’d like to submit an official map of public transport in Wrocław, Poland. The network consists of 23 tram lines, 61 city bus lines and 18 suburban bus lines. The most interesting is the circle tram line 0 which in fact is divided into two lines 0L (counter-clockwise) and 0P (clockwise). Inside the city of Wrocław it’s also possible to travel by train having a city’s public transport ticket.

Transit Maps says:

Fitting over 20 tram lines and almost 80 bus lines into a compact canvas like this is an almost impossible task, so you’ve got to admire the herculean effort made here. However, it’s undoubtedly difficult to use: there are only two colours for routes (magenta for trams and blue for buses) and you have to find and then painstakingly follow route numbers across the map. It’s one of my least favourite methods for marking routes, and this execution certainly doesn’t change my mind.

Unsurprisingly, the map gets quite cramped in places, and the labelling suffers a bit because of it – though I’ve definitely seen worse. Some good design discipline has been used to set up the major route axes of the map along 30°/60° angles, though the effect is somewhat spoiled by the dashed green fare zone boundary, which weaves its way drunkenly around the edge of the map. It even takes a little detour around some explanatory text at the bottom centre, which I find strangely amusing. The main rail lines are also drawn in a different style, taking naturalistic curves through the city. It does set them apart from the bus and tram lines, but it’s also stylistically a little jarring.

Our final word: A diagram like this might just work in the hands of a skilled designer like Jug Cerovic, but this attempt falls short for me.

Source: Wrocław city website