Booth – TRANSIT MAPS 2024 2024

Description

Transit Maps 2024 surveys a wide range of historical, official and unofficial transit diagrams, offering design critique and historical notes. Standouts include praise for the Union Pacific 1980 corporate-style diagram, Sydney’s coherent 1928 passenger-station diagram, a striking Pittsburgh 1910 relief model, and a compelling New York regional-rail fantasy map. Reviews of recent official maps note improvements (Greater Copenhagen, Southeast Queensland) but flag issues like inconsistent labelling, colour choices, legibility on dark backgrounds, and missed opportunities for multilingual labels or line numbering. Smaller or experimental projects (GoBus Ohio, BART heat-map, Arendal, Madrid rework, Casablanca, Duluth, Victorian ferries, Gdańsk trams) are lauded for creativity or information density but critiqued for thin lines, small type, unclear legends, icon inconsistency, and colour-blind accessibility. Mark Ovenden’s book Iconic Transit Maps is recommended for new content, high production values and insightful designer commentary. Recurring recommendations emphasize clearer hierarchy, stronger typography, better colour contrast, and thoughtful legend design.