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

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

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 ...

A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one ...

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

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

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

The suspect was part of a group that attacked a Black 16-year-old who was on his way to school at a subway station in ...

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