Aug 3, 2013
A Better New York Transit Map Through the Power of Circles
Max Roberts, a U.K. based mapmaker has redesigned the NYC Subway Map as a circular abstraction. He believes that the current linear, geography-based map is misleading as the the geography is not entirely accurate and leads people into believing they will have to travel further than in reality. The circular map is far enough away from a geographical base that it doesn’t create distortion problems, yet it is still close enough to the shape of the city that it retains familiarity.
Read more at: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682692/a-better-new-york-transit-map-through-the-power-of-circles#1
