{"id":1791914,"date":"2021-10-17T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T16:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791914"},"modified":"2021-10-17T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T16:35:14","slug":"new-yorks-mta-is-testing-a-new-subway-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/10\/new-yorks-mta-is-testing-a-new-subway-map\/","title":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s MTA Is Testing a New Subway Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The MTA\u2019s new geographically accurate (left) and diagrammatic (right) subway maps, now being tested at nine stations. (MTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wall Street Journal<\/em> is reporting<\/a> that New York\u2019s Metropolitan Transit Authority is experimenting with new network maps that adopt a diagrammatic design that harkens back to Massimo Vignelli\u2019s 1972 design, or (frankly) to designs used by most other transit systems. The new maps appear in nine subway stations side-by-side with geographically accurate maps of the MTA system, and embed QR codes so riders can submit feedback. If the maps are positively received, they could replace the MTA\u2019s current network map\u2014but New York being New York, and New York\u2019s map wars being what they\u2019ve been for the past fifty years or so, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess how this will shake out. More at Gizmodo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that New York\u2019s Metropolitan Transit Authority is experimenting with new network maps that adopt a diagrammatic design that harkens back to Massimo Vignelli\u2019s 1972 design, or (frankly) to designs… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[95,1430,194,1486],"class_list":["post-1791914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-map-design","tag-mta","tag-new-york-city","tag-subways","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1838848,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/04\/new-york-city-subway-map-gets-a-complete-makeover\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791914,"position":0},"title":"New York City Subway Map Gets a Complete Makeover","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 April 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Marc A. 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