NYC Subway - Vignelli map redux for 2025

[nlogax]

The Vignelli / Unimark subway map is remembered for being pretty unpopular when it first saw the light of day in 1972. It hung around for just a few years, not even lasting until the turn of the decade. Interesting to note MTA have brought back a tweaked version back to completely replace the 1979 Tauranac/Hertz map. It looks great and I hope the MTA's newest attempt to drag the subway into the 21st century sticks around this time.

New MTA Map



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No more ‘subway spaghetti’! New Yorkers adjust to first new transit map in 50 years​

The first major overhaul since 1979 seeks to simplify the map’s old illegible squiggles – but faces opposition from change-averse New Yorkers

 

[stadler]

The Vignelli / Unimark subway map is remembered for being pretty unpopular when it first saw the light of day in 1972. It hung around for just a few years, not even lasting until the turn of the decade. Interesting to note MTA have brought back a tweaked version back to completely replace the 1979 Tauranac/Hertz map. It looks great and I hope the MTA's newest attempt to drag the subway into the 21st century sticks around this time.

New MTA Map

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That is definitely a massive improvement compared to the old one. The previous one was such a mess and so difficult to read or understand for those unfamiliar with the network. It definitely seems like an upgrade.

 

[StephenHunter]

On top of all that, some disliked the Unimark map’s modern look and its colors. “I showed it to my mom and she said: ‘Why is the water brown?’” Berman says.

Insert joke about New York river pollution here.