Booth – TRANSIT MAPS 2023 2023

Description

Transit Maps 2023 is a roundup of notable official, unofficial, historical and fantasy transit maps. It highlights debates like the Scream VI subway poster’s similarity to a fan design and a detailed critique of San Francisco Muni’s Central Subway map (label colors, station names, accessibility and layout issues). Kenneth Field’s two inventive London reinterpretations—a refined diamond-style map and a radical mode-based design encoding service patterns—stand out. Praised historical maps include Argentine Railways (1907) and Brisbane trams (1957). Other items: a competent but fussy TRAM d’Alacant fare map, an impractical fantasy tram network for Bristol, attractive LIRR screens at Grand Central Madison, an elegant unofficial Metrovalencia (criticized for rotation), a whimsical Washington Commanders season map, and a poor Newark Airport regional-rail map. LA Metro’s update introduces lettered lines and subtle tweaks. Montréal’s harmonised metropolitan maps receive strong praise. Reviews also cover UTA’s 2023 rail/BRT map and an improved alternative, a clean Brussels S Train diagram, a newly dated 1953 Beck-style Sydney map, Lars’ French high-speed map, several historical atlases, and a corrected C TRAN Vancouver map.