Transit Maps of the World: Every Urban Train Map on Earth

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Our rating: Basically, if you read this blog – even casually – then this book is essential. Some very minor errors do not detract at all from the awesomeness of having all these fantastic maps from all over the world in one superb reference volume. Complements the previous editions rather than repeating them. Four-and-a-half stars. Visually, I really like the treatment of the terminus stations, though I do wonder whether their similarity to the fare zone boundaries could be potentially confusing to readers – are these stations in some sort of special fare zone? Speaking of the zone boundaries, I’d like to see these simplified down further, reducing their shapes to the purest form possible to echo the rigid simplicity of the route lines. I might've appreciated more Edward Tufte-like analysis of how much data is being conveyed by the presence [or absence] of ink, but this was still an incredible book to find. If you travel like the locals, like maps, or pay attention to graphic design, have yourself a gander at Mark Ovenden's fine work. I’ve discovered a love for oversized coffee table books. Unwieldy troves of trivia, in them novelty wins. I’d buy one browse it for a couple months. They’re books to enjoy slowly, over time, digesting niblets of facts on some geeky, specialized subject. Mark Ovenden’s Transit Maps of the World fills this niche, it makes the journey worthwhile. Lccn 2007630172 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1300173 Openlibrary_edition

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Transit Maps has never taken a look at the map for Portland’s northern neighbour, the (original) Vancouver. With the recent addition of their second “The Vine” BRT route along Mill Plain Boulevard, now seems like a good time. Transit Maps of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth Publishing EBOOK Transit Maps of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth Publishing PDF Online While seeming like a straightforward collection of transit maps for systems throughout the planet, this book is a broader look at the art of designing maps (& transit systems) for optimal wayfinding. The colorful assembly of squiggly lines into an aid for navigating [mostly] rail systems - in this book - is more than an exercise in aesthetics or accurate displays of a select topography.This being an advertising tool, the situation shown is one of a promised future – text beneath the map notes that some of the railroads are actually only partially built or planned… but they’ll be finished really soon, we promise! It’s a technique that was often used in sales brochures of the time: here’s another one from Pullman, Washington in 1911 that shows an electric interurban line from Colfax and Spokane that never actually got built. In the preface, he smartly defines a transit system. Urban transit maps remain the book’s primary focus, though, while questionable to some, he defends the inclusion of other mixed systems – those with above ground as well as below ground transit systems. Existen siempre ángulos diferentes de acercamiento para el estudio del fenómeno que son las grandes ciudades, la comprensión de las soluciones urbanas que cada nación adopta sirven siempre como referencia y aprendizaje. Kara’s right about the “stretched” transfer stations at Exchange Place and Newport, though – those are just lovely. And the PATH lines are dealt with fairly deftly as well: obviously subsidiary to the Hudson-Bergen lines, but visible enough to show the interconnection between the two systems. I’m not sure that “PATH” needs to be emblazoned on the lines three times, though… once is probably enough to be understood.

And finally, a bit of whimsy: the locations where the light rail lines cross the FrontRunner lines are vertically accurate (i.e., the diagram properly shows which one goes under or over the other), and there’s a little “shadow” on the lower line to give an illusion of depth. Necessary? No. Fun to do? Absolutely. The archival records for this map simply and vaguely date this diagram as “pre-1962?”; my dating of c.1940 is because Dumbleton station has been renamed Beverly Hills (August 1940), the Ropes Creek line hasn’t opened (March 1942), and I definitely think that this revision would have been produced fairly shortly after the original 1939 version. A fabulous collection. These maps are almost works of art, and can kindle a remembrance of a past trip or a dream of a future journey.”Well-designed maps are highlighted here, but aren't the only ones to make an appearance; the matter of evaluating a map is considered, but there's a greater emphasis on the historical evolution of maps within transit systems - especially the larger, well-established systems like the subways in NYC, London, Paris, Berlin & Tokyo, but also up-&-coming and/or newer systems like those in LA, Beijing, Munich, Mexico City & Sao Paulo. Ovenden does what no other design history book has ever done. Transit Maps of the World is a must-have.” Some other unfinished or inconsistent elements: there’s some explanatory text on top of the downtown area that looks like there should have been a white box behind it. Some similar routes merge into each other (see the 105X and the 190), while others run concurrent to each other. The way that the routes south of Fisher’s Landing get cut off by the edge of the canvas as they turn onto SR 14 is careless. All the routes that go off the map should have an indication of their final destination. Our final word: The bones of something good, but just seems really unfinished. It’s almost as if some layers were turned off accidentally before the file was exported, because it’s hard to rationalise the complete absence of a legend for the map otherwise.

I’ve come across this blog a couple of months ago, and have been lurking ever since. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at designing a trasit diagram, and having gotten some free time, I decided to redesign the S-Train diagram for Brussels. So here it is, my very first finished(ish) transit diagram. Cada ciudad es un mundo y dentro del ese mundo existen mundos subterráneos, los “metros” de las ciudades del mundo hablan mucho de su composición urbana, su pasado y su futuro. As hinted at in yesterday’s post, my first action was to make the FontRunner line dead straight from Ogden down to Orem, becoming the strong vertical axis that the rest of the rest of the diagram is then composed around. This means that the light rail lines have to slide across to meet it, but I feel that the major interchange at Central Pointe station at least gives them a visual reason to do so. There’s no right or wrong answer here: in reality, all the rail lines parallel each other very closely through Salt Lake City – it’s only the diagram’s need to enlarge the free fare zone that artificially creates a gap between them that then needs to be closed before they actually interchange at Murray Central. The official diagram makes the FrontRunner line move over; I went with the other approach. Anyway, I think this map would honestly have the potential to be instantly recognizable if it were only used in more places, and I figured you and your readers deserve to see it too! Still, it’s a very confident and stylish piece with a great underlying grid and a lovely colour palette that I feel actually gives some subtle structure to the design. It seems to me that all the lines that run through the central spine of Gare du Midi to Gare du Nord are cooler colours – greens and blues – while cross-town lines that circumvent the centre tend to be warmer colours. I do also note that none of the line colours match the colours from the official diagram, so make of that what you will.I teased this in yesterday’s review of the new official UTA diagram, so here’s my exploration of a few design ideas for an alternative version. As always with this type of project, I look for ways to approach the design problems for the diagram that are intentionally different to the official one. We already know what those solutions look like, so I like to explore the untested and see what happens. Some things work really well, others perhaps not so much… so let’s take a look! At the (extremely cool) Bergenline Avenue station, [my partner and I] stumbled across this official map that I’d never seen before, depicting both the HBLR and the PATH! It was actually all over that station, and it’s definitely a relatively old map, because we also found a slightly different version (that matched the usual map by depicting the weekday-only line with a dashed stroke) that was dated to 2015. And this pentagonal shape isn’t just superficial, either – it forms the centre point of a comprehensive grid system that rotates 72 degrees for each of the map’s sectors, as seen in the image below. It’s an incredibly clever solution that lends a lot of clarity and sophistication to the map, and I love it. It’s just so much more suited to the depiction of the network than a standard octolinear diagram. Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit-including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is the graphic designer's new bible, the transport enthusiast's dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who's ever traveled in a city.

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-04-23 15:04:54 Associated-names Ashworth, Mike Boxid IA40093914 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierThis is the kind of book that would be incredibly fun to browse with kids as part of a world geography investigation–and also the sort of thing that makes great bedtime reading if you want to salt your dreams with the possibility of travel to distant cities. Sheer public transit/map porn!” Sin duda lo que más me llamó la atención de esta colorida edición es la colección misma de mapas, es en ella que encontramos el mayor valor de esta extenuante labor editorial. El fenómeno de los sistemas de transporte masivo está en franca expansión y en particular en las ciudades de asía. A great first effort here from Elliot! I’d say that its arguably more successful that the official SNCB/NMBS diagram, which is a pretty staid and old-fashioned thing. However, while the official diagram shows all the other rail modes in the greater Brussels area, Elliot’s version only shows the S-Train lines. This makes the diagram much cleaner, though perhaps at the expense of understanding how it fits into the complete transit picture. Lars has also encoded a lot of useful information to the map – general service frequencies (though he notes that this information is hard to come by, as the SNCF doesn’t really believe in online timetables any more), the names of the LGV branches, selected winter services, and whether or not all trains call at a particular station. I find the “dotted outline” symbol for this possibly the weakest part of the map, as it breaks up into an indistinct shape rather than being immediately recognisable, but this is a pretty minor quibble. And we get icons for major landmarks dotted around the map for some visual interest as well – bonus! Our final word: Fantastique! The clever usage of an unusual pentagonal grid works brilliantly to make one of my favourite maps of 2023.