Part 1: Where we are now Part 2: What’s wrong with transit maps Last week we talked about some of the issues in transit maps today. We are going to go over some of those same issues and talk about how to fix them in a broad sense, creating a new strategy for building transit …
Part 1: Where We are Now In the second installment in our series about making the case for better transit maps we are going to look at some of the common mistakes that are made in transit maps. We are going to point out what, in our opinion, are some of the most common …
Part 2: Whats Wrong with Transit Maps Today we are starting a new series on the blog, one that we (and many readers and followers of the transit industry) have been researching and discussing for a long time: why we need better transit maps. At Carticulate a lot of our core work is around building …
This photo set shows a brief history of the CTA ‘L’ System map. These maps and map covers range from about 1915 to 1999. What stands out most in the older maps is that there are lines there that don’t exist in the current CTA system. Additionally there are none of the colored routes that …
Public transit agencies across the US have a lot of exciting services and projects taking place currently and within the next decade. Yet more often than not the one place you come across news about transit planning is in a local newspaper or by searching for it on one of many blogs focusing on transit. …
