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I wonder what the authors thoughts are on the Moscow Metro. Schematic map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow_metro_ring_railway_map_en_

I wonder what the authors thoughts are on the Moscow Metro. Schematic map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow_metro_ring_railway_map_en_sb_future.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow_m... Seems like a bunch of concentric circles with lines going away from the center. I have never been to Moscow, but it seems like an interesting success story of planning infrastructure projects properly.

prodent 6y ago
For the context of this thread, a better representation of the Moscow Metro would probably be this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro#/media/File:Moscow_metro_lines_geographical.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro#/media/File:Mosco...
smilespray 6y ago
That's a diagram, not a map.
cpursley 6y ago
If you ever have the chance to visit, do check out the Moscow (or any Russian) metro. They're beautiful, functional, cheap and always expanding.
Markoff 6y ago
Beijing has same thing and those circle lines seem usually like waste of time unless you are going to opposite corner (like from NE to SW)
w-m 6y ago
Looking at this plan reminded me of how these plans never convey a sense of scale, and how you have to learn that when exploring the city. The Paris Metro has a similarly looking density of lines and stations: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Carte_M%C3%A9tro_de_Paris.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Carte_M%... In Paris it takes you 3-5 minutes to walk between mostly any of the stations of one line. Coming to Moscow I was somewhat surprised to find that the stations can be 30-45 minutes walking distance apart. That all makes sense of course, given the population density structure of the cities and the mix of inner-city and suburban trains. But it's kind of hard to take that from these kinds of plans if you don't already know the city, and every station is evenly spaced apart on paper.

prodent 6y ago

For the context of this thread, a better representation of the Moscow Metro would probably be this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro#/media/File:Moscow_metro_lines_geographical.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro#/media/File:Mosco...

smilespray 6y ago

That's a diagram, not a map.

cpursley 6y ago

If you ever have the chance to visit, do check out the Moscow (or any Russian) metro. They're beautiful, functional, cheap and always expanding.

Markoff 6y ago

Beijing has same thing and those circle lines seem usually like waste of time unless you are going to opposite corner (like from NE to SW)

w-m 6y ago

Looking at this plan reminded me of how these plans never convey a sense of scale, and how you have to learn that when exploring the city. The Paris Metro has a similarly looking density of lines and stations: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Carte_M%C3%A9tro_de_Paris.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Carte_M%... In Paris it takes you 3-5 minutes to walk between mostly any of the stations of one line. Coming to Moscow I was somewhat surprised to find that the stations can be 30-45 minutes walking distance apart. That all makes sense of course, given the population density structure of the cities and the mix of inner-city and suburban trains. But it's kind of hard to take that from these kinds of plans if you don't already know the city, and every station is evenly spaced apart on paper.