If you’re new to New York City, the subway can feel like a maze at first. Millions of people ride the subway every single day, and just about all of them were once in your shoes. With a little ...

New York City subway maps are inherently difficult to create. Map designers have often had to trade off between geographic accuracy, simplicity, cohesiveness, and aesthetics. With these maps of the ...

With millions of riders across more than 400 stations, how can we detect patterns about how the system is being used? By ...

How do you best represent the complex New York City subway system on an easy-to-read map? That's a challenge John Tauranac has been working on since the 1970s, when he chaired the MTA's subway map ...

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Across New York City's subway system, transit maps displaying colored-coded train routes help riders visualize their location and guide them to their destination. But at Manhattan’s 68th Street–Hunter ...