A hundred years ago most subway maps were more geographic - until Londons tube map came along. Most cities over time switched to a more easy to understand diagr

A hundred years ago most subway maps were more geographic - until Londons tube map came along. Most cities over time switched to a more easy to understand diagrammatic map. In New York, the resistance to that change was huge - it was tried in the 70s with the vignelli map, and failed. If u remove all the unnecessary geography, u can have more affordances to show night time service and or local and express patterns … look at the weekender, which is much more understandable to ppl from other places.