{"id":12901,"date":"2010-08-04T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=12901"},"modified":"2010-08-03T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T22:04:54","slug":"mapping-subways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/04\/mapping-subways\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping subways"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’ve been reading Spacing Toronto for any length of time you’ll know that I have a fascination with transit maps. So much so, I’ve proposed<\/a> a few map ideas<\/a> to the TTC in the past (which is probably why I was asked to design the original Transit City map<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The world’s most famous subway map<\/a>, designed by Harry Beck, is found in London, England and is considered the world standard-bearer of transit maps. It compresses the sprawling Underground<\/a> (12 lines, 270 stations) network into a digestible size that is rather easy to understand.<\/p>\n

Toronto’s subway map is simple, simply because we have so few lines and only 69 stations. New York, on the other hand, has 26 lines and 468 stations (as a side note: can you imagine what we at Spacing would have to do to make subway buttons<\/a> for NYC’s subway system?!?). A quick look at a New York subway map<\/a> reveals that the city has yet to find a comfortable way to display their system with the same ease as London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an O’Reilly Radar post, graphic designer Eddie Jabbour explains why he chose to re-design New York’s subway map<\/a> and all of the minute details that need to be considered during the creative process. One of the more interesting tidbits he points out is that in North American cities our subway networks tend to follow the grid of the streets, whereas in most European cities the subways operate in rail corridors and cannot conform to the winding, medieval street grid. This means that North Americans usually have a greater understanding of where they are once they’re underground.<\/p>\n

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The other interesting point he made is that some people are intimidated by the subway in New York. And the one tool that most people turn to in order to alleviate that intimidation is the subway map. And if the system map is not designed in a truly user-friendly way there is a good chance that the a new rider is being pushed away from riding the system.<\/p>\n

The article is an informative read<\/a>; after you’ve perused it I’d like to hear how the TTC can improve the maps that it provides to riders here in Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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