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A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that hadn't changed is the subway map. That is, until now.
When these companies were consolidated in the 1960s, a new map was created using a “Beckian grid.” Named after Harry Beck, ...
The redesigned map includes brighter colors, bold, straight lines, and a white background, all aimed at maximizing contrast ...
The map echoes a short-lived 1972 map created by Massimo Vignelli. That version, designed as a service map, introduced ...
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” brain teaser ...
The background of the new map is white, which is another way to create more contrast. The previous version has a beige ...
From the passenger conduct to the advertisements on the train, see how things have changed since the subway opened in 1904, ...
New York's MTA has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Metropolitan Transportation Agency has unveiled the first new map for the New York City subway system in almost half a century. On Wednesday, the transportation agency ...
The MTA has unveiled a brand new map for the NYC subway, and while some commuters are a little hesitant about the change, ...