| | supposedly, BART is going to change its maps from its iconic geographically accurate maps that we locals have come to love to something more linear (or diagrammatic). i wish i had more solid sources, but the sf weekly blurb from late last year was claiming that a BART spokesperson said this change would happen. sure, the maps of the past were linear, but that was before my time. (note: the diagrammatic map i linked is the work of a third party, not the planned official map).
maybe straight lines would be easier to read to an outsider. perhaps the style of the london underground maps would add some extra sophistication to what some people perceive as an aging transit system. but those geographically accurate maps did emphasize the unique geography of the bay, with four of the five lines meandering from opposite ends of the bay area and merging harmoniously through the heart of san francisco. and it's probably the map-loving boy inside me professing that i will miss them.
(if anyone knows what happens to old maps from the insides of the trains, please let me know.) |
| | Posted 2/10/2008 1:27 AM - 298 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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