Subway riders are leaving behind the MetroCard, orange-seat subway cars, and now the subway map too. Last week, the MTA unveiled a new subway map that officials say will be easier to read and navigate ...

Learn about the process of creating the official MTA subway map of 1979, the basis of the map we use today Hear about "The Great Subway Map" debate of 1978 between Tauranac and Massimo Vignelli Get ...

For all its colorful frenzied glory, the Tokyo Metro map isn’t the most complex subway guide in the world. New York and Paris both have it topped—at least in the eyes of one group of theoretical ...

The Mini Metros project began for Peter Dovak as an attempt to code an iPhone application, derived from the artist’s mock-up before he finally arrived at a series of subway maps that can fit on a pin.

When David Heasty and Stefanie Weigler moved to New York in the early 2000s, both graphic designers found themselves less than enthused by the city’s subway map. “We were shocked,” says Heasty, who ...

It's on sale now for $6.5 million. A New Subway Map Lets You Know The Time Your Trip Will Take Evenly spaced stations might look good on a map, but they’re a total lie. A new design for the Boston ...

If you spend enough time in any large subway system, you’ll catch visitors and locals alike squinting at the brightly colored, near incomprehensible lines on the subway map. The task of putting all ...

New York may get a reboot of the iconic 1970s subway map, if it likes. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is currently testing an update in nine stations, including Times Square and Grand ...

When New York City's Mass Transit Association unveiled its first new subway map in nearly half a century earlier this year, cartographic straphangers may have simply seen the D and the F train lines ...