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2019 Tracks of the New York City Subway

I have the 2015 version of this book and I figured 4 years is a good enough time to get an updated version with all the changes made in recent years. The 2019 Tracks of the New York City Subway will begin shipping in December (of this year) and you can order your copy now. This publication is still the king of all track layouts of the entire NYC transit system (including abandoned stations).

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Why New Yorkers insisted on a worse Subway map

Heh, I never thought about how Vignelli’s map design (below) was shunned at the time because it inaccurately portrayed the distances of stops and locations of city streets above ground. Because crime was such a big problem, it gave people anxiety about being underground longer than they needed to be.

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