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His latest subway map was released in 2020. Join us for a deep dive into the map's creation and learn how to read the new symbols and visual cues Tauranac has created. About John Tauranac: ...
The MTA on Tuesday launched a new “live” online subway map, which allows straphangers to see where trains are in the system in real time — and adjusts the lines to reflect service changes.
The MTA Live Subway Map, which goes live today and also replaces the Weekender app, will have real-time updates to help straphangers navigate the subway system, plan out their commutes ahead of ...
The MTA on Wednesday unveiled a new “easily readable” New York City subway map for the first time in nearly 50 years — but straphangers knocked the redesigned graphic as a “complicated ...
New York may get a reboot of the iconic 1970s subway map, if it likes. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is currently testing an update in nine stations, including Times Square and ...
The MTA board approved an approximately $2 billion tunnel boring contract for the Second Avenue Subway line expansion in ...
To illustrate this madness, subway enthusiast Matthew Ahn drew up an MTA map that shows what the subway system looks like if you're relying on only ADA-accessible stations—see below: ...
Manhattan attorney Jake Berman, 33, received a notice from online marketplace Etsy Tuesday night that the MTA had flagged his custom-designed New York City subway map for removal due to "copyright ...
The most famous New York City subway map is the one New Yorkers rejected. That would be Massimo Vignelli’s system map from 1972. Vignelli’s modernist design stressed visual clarity over ...
The goal was to create a subway map that is beautiful to look at, easy to use and custom designed for New York City. One of these NYC specific challenges was to find an appropriate way to ...
A group at MIT has figured out how to build a better subway map, by replicating how the brain processes a map Mary Beth Griggs If you spend enough time in any large subway system, you’ll catch ...
Massimo Vignelli's 1972 map of the subway was the official map at the time. While this schematic representation of the system was lauded by designers, it wasn't as loved by subway commuters.