First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard.  Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map.  “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA Chairman ...

The map was short lived, however — pulled in 1979 over concerns it didn’t reflect the street-level geography of the city. Its replacement, designed by Michael Hertz, is familiar to any ...

the MTA senior adviser for communications and policy who oversaw the map redesign, at a news conference at the Times Square-42nd Street subway station Wednesday. "Looking at it, it’s so much ...