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New York Subway

The New New York Subway Map Works in Real Time

There's a new chapter, and maybe an end, for the "Great Subway Map Debate."

October 21, 2020 - Curbed

Subway Map

The New York Subway Map, Explained

An interactive feature reveals the origins and design choices of the New York Subway map.

December 4, 2019 - The New York Times

Metro Paris

Friday Eye Candy: Making Subway Lines Visible From an Airplane

The transit map is useful, but doesn't always capture the scale of the engineering feat that produced the world's subways systems.

July 13, 2018 - CityLab

Friday Eye Candy: Subway-Style Maps That Explain Everything

Ok maybe not everything, everything—but the recognizable tropes of subway maps do make it easier to explain everything from the development of cities to musical styles to interstellar scale.

March 27, 2015 - Vox

Help Pick Boston's Next Transit Map

The six finalists in an open competition to design Boston's next subway map have been revealed, and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) is asking the public to weigh in on the winner.

September 13, 2013 - The Atlantic Cities

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