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 ...

A group at MIT has figured out how to build a better subway map, by replicating how the brain processes a map Mary Beth Griggs If you spend enough time in any large subway system, you’ll catch ...

The most famous New York City subway map is the one New Yorkers rejected. That would be Massimo Vignelli’s system map from 1972. Vignelli’s modernist design stressed visual clarity over geographical ...

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 ...

There’s a new reason to lean awkwardly over a seated passenger during your next train ride: New York City has a new subway map. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday unveiled its ...

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 ...