Everything you need to know about NYC’s new subway map
The background of the new map is white, which is another way to create more contrast. The previous version has a beige background. Flamm’s map also strips a majority of the details displayed in the background of the MTA’s old map, including the locations of major streets and landmarks. He said they would make the design too cluttered.
MTA unveils first new NYC subway map in 50 years
When the subway first opened in 1904, maps were simple diagrams that depicted individual subway companies, such as the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company (BMT), and the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND).
The MTA on Wednesday unveiled a new “easily readable” New York City subway map for the first time in nearly 50 years – but ...
The new layout ditches the street map entirely, instead returning to the more abstracted view of the beloved 1972 map from ...
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MTA unveils first new subway map for New York City in 45 yearsNEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA unveiled the first new subway map for New York City in more than 45 years on Wednesday morning.
First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA ...
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