The TTC map just got its biggest upgrade in decades. Meet the cartographer behind it

You've probably noticed the Eglinton Crosstown LRT already showing up on transit maps, even though it's not open. That's the ...
WCPO Cincinnati

'Better Bus Map' uses modern design to make Metro look less 'cluttered'

CINCINNATI -- In an age of GPS and trip planner apps, traditional topographic maps more and more often are found hanging as artwork than serving as navigational tools. In the world of public transit, ...
Nature

Metro Map Visualization and Transit Network Design

Metro map visualisation and transit network design have become integral components of urban transport planning, combining cutting‐edge algorithmic strategies with refined aesthetic principles. This ...
Fast Company

A Better New York Transit Map Through The Power of Circles

The perfect transit map is a slippery creature. A scale model of the world is terrible for navigation, with twisty intersecting train lines and stations names competing with their neighbors. A hybrid, ...
Fast Company

Inside the design drama of a century: The fight over New York City’s subway map

In 1978, The Cooper Union, an art school in New York City, held a debate between two designers that would determine the future of information design for the largest public transit system in the world.
SFGate

This minor change to BART maps really upset riders 10 years ago

"It seems only appropriate someone named Bart would design the BART map," Chris Filippi, BART spokesman and host of "Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART" joked in the agency's latest podcast episode.