{"id":1814396,"date":"2023-05-11T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1814396"},"modified":"2023-05-11T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:30:11","slug":"redesigning-oslos-transit-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/redesigning-oslos-transit-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Redesigning Oslo&#8217;s Transit Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1814398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1814398\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t2design.no\/oslo-transit-diagram-2022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1814398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/redesigning-oslos-transit-map\/t2-oslo-transit-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1520,1537\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"t2-oslo-transit-2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Torger Jansen&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-297x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-1013x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1814398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-1013x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Torger Jansen's transit diagram, showing subway, tram and train lines, for the city of Oslo, Norway, and its surroundings.\" width=\"760\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-940x951.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022-396x400.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/t2-oslo-transit-2022.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1814398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torger Jansen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In October 2022 Torger Jansen released his second swing at creating <a href=\"https:\/\/t2design.no\/oslo-transit-diagram-2022\">a transit diagram for Oslo<\/a> that incorporates metro, tram and train lines. (<a href=\"https:\/\/t2design.no\/oslo-public-transportation-map\">His first attempt was in 2017<\/a>; Oslo\u2019s official transit maps show each mode in isolation.) In <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tHQ5fOJkI-g\">this video<\/a>, Jansen explains the design process and the choices he made.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Redesigning Oslo&#039;s transit diagram\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tHQ5fOJkI-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2022 Torger Jansen released his second swing at creating a transit diagram for Oslo that incorporates metro, tram and train lines. (His first attempt was in 2017; Oslo\u2019s official transit maps show each&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/redesigning-oslos-transit-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":[1495,1496],"class_list":["post-1814396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-norway","tag-oslo","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":265,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/transit-explorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814396,"position":0},"title":"Transit Explorer","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"13 January 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Yonah Freemark's Transit Explorer\u00a0is an online map of\u00a0existing, planned and under-construction transit projects in cities across North America\u2014\u201cfixed-guideway transit,\u201d which means bus rapid transit, light rail and commuter rail.\u00a0I've spotted a couple of\u00a0omissions\u00a0(Montreal's commuter rail and Winnipeg's busway don't appear) but that might\u00a0be a problem with the\u00a0underlying OpenStreetMap data. 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A technical post by their backend developer explains\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"transit-app","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/transit-app-150x150.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5293,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/ottawa-transit-maps-1929-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814396,"position":2},"title":"Ottawa Transit Maps, 1929-2015","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 October 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Carelton University's library has an online collection of Ottawa transit maps from OC Transpo and its predecessor agencies, dating as far back as 1929 (above). The originals scanned as PDFs, with SHP and KML files if the vectorized transit routes are what you're really after. 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