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A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that hadn't changed is the subway map. That is, until now.
When these companies were consolidated in the 1960s, a new map was created using a “Beckian grid.” Named after Harry Beck, ...
First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard.  Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit ...
The background of the new map is white, which is another way to create more contrast. The previous version has a beige ...
The MTA on Wednesday unveiled a new “easily readable” New York City subway map for the first time in nearly 50 years – but straphangers knocked the redesigned graphic as a “complicated” brain teaser ...
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has unveiled the first major change to the famed New York City subway map since 1979. The historic map commuters are used to seeing on subway cars and in stations ...
The new map’s bright colors and hard angles pop off the map, giving it a diagrammatic feel. New NYC Subway ... “The subway map is both an iconic symbol of New York and a tool that everyday ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA unveiled the first new subway map for New York City in more than 45 years on Wednesday morning.
The redesigned map includes brighter colors, bold, straight lines, and a white background, all aimed at maximizing contrast ...
From the passenger conduct to the advertisements on the train, see how things have changed since the subway opened in 1904, ...