When these companies were consolidated in the 1960s, a new map was created using a “Beckian grid.” Named after Harry Beck, ...

The background of the new map is white, which is another way to create more contrast. The previous version has a beige ...

The map echoes a short-lived 1972 map created by Massimo Vignelli. That version, designed as a service map, introduced ...

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard.  Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit ...

When the subway first opened in 1904, maps were simple diagrams that depicted individual subway companies, such as the ...

MTA designers utilized bold, straight lines, making it easier for the eye to follow for digital users and individuals with ...

The historic map commuters are used to seeing on subway cars and in stations across the five boroughs will be phased out in the coming weeks and replaced with the new version. The new maps ...

A new New York City subway map has been unveiled by the MTA. A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing ...

The new layout ditches the street map entirely, instead returning to the more abstracted view of the beloved 1972 map from ...

The MTA on Wednesday unveiled a new “easily readable” New York City subway map for the first time in nearly 50 years – but ...

the MTA senior adviser for communications and policy who oversaw the map redesign, at a news conference at the Times Square-42nd Street subway station Wednesday. "Looking at it, it’s so much ...