{"id":1812656,"date":"2023-02-15T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1812656"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:29:46","slug":"colour-and-the-new-york-subway-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/02\/colour-and-the-new-york-subway-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour and the New York Subway Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/arts-entertainment\/how-a-color-coding-system-changed-nycs-subway-map-forever\"><em>Gothamist<\/em> looks at how colour has been used on maps of New York&rsquo;s subways<\/a>: first to to distinguish between subway companies, then to distinguish lines from one another. The post talks to, and draws on the work of, Peter Lloyd, who&rsquo;s been studying the <a href=\"http:\/\/nycsubwaymap.org\">history of subway mapping in New York<\/a> and gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytransitmuseum.org\/program\/coloringthesubwaymap\/\">a talk last Saturday<\/a> on the subject of colouring the map&rsquo;s subway lines. See <a href=\"http:\/\/nycsubwaymap.org\/1979-subway-map\/the-rosetta-stone-of-subway-colours\/\">Peter&rsquo;s blog post on the subject<\/a> from this time last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gothamist looks at how colour has been used on maps of New York&rsquo;s subways: first to to distinguish between subway companies, then to distinguish lines from one another. The post talks to, and draws on&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/02\/colour-and-the-new-york-subway-map\/\">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":[194,1486],"class_list":["post-1812656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-new-york-city","tag-subways","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791889,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/10\/the-new-york-subway-map-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812656,"position":0},"title":"The New York Subway Map Debate","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"13 October 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Back in 1978, Massimo Vignelli and John Tauranac debated the future of New York\u2019s subway map. 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