{"id":1818476,"date":"2023-09-12T13:03:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1818476"},"modified":"2023-09-12T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:03:09","slug":"urban-caffeine-on-the-nyc-subway-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/urban-caffeine-on-the-nyc-subway-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Caffeine on the NYC Subway Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s with the New York subway map?\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66AtWWSEvSo?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<p>\u201cI remember the first time I saw the New York City subway map. I called an Uber.\u201d On her Urban Caffeine channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=66AtWWSEvSo\">Thea looks at the oft-maligned, controversial and complicated New York subway map<\/a>. Her take is informed by her experience growing up in pre-GPS, pre-Google Maps Manila, which she frankly found easier to navigate; by contrast, she finds New York\u2019s map too cluttered and information-dense and more in tune with the needs of New Yorkers than visitors and tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI remember the first time I saw the New York City subway map. I called an Uber.\u201d On her Urban Caffeine channel, Thea looks at the oft-maligned, controversial and complicated New York subway map. Her&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/urban-caffeine-on-the-nyc-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-1818476","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":1818476,"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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