The matter is far from settled: Tauranac's vision is still largely used today, but Vignelli's design is tapped for merchandising opportunities and app development. For New York City transit buffs, it's about which subway map is superior: Massimo Vignelli's diagrammatic, aesthetic '70s map, or John Tauranac's geographic one. The map has nevertheless become a cult favorite among transit nerds and fans of graphic design.Some cultural debates are lodged into our collective consciousness: Beatles versus Stones, “Star Trek” versus “Star Wars,” Coca-Cola versus Pepsi. One of the maps on display is a riff on the MTA’s official subway map from 1972 to 1979, which was created by Italian designer Massimo Vignelli but replaced amid an outcry over its lack of resemblance to the city’s actual geography. “For now, it remains a work in progress, but we’ll be soliciting customer feedback and incorporating it into future versions of the map.” “We’re looking with fresh eyes at what a modern transit map should be and this is one piece of a pilot program that has that broader goal in mind,” MTA spokesman Andrei Berman said in a statement. Next to the maps is a code riders can scan to provide feedback via the MTA website. Transit officials are quietly testing out five new maps in a display at 86th Street station in Brooklyn - including a subway diagram based off a controversial minimalist design from the 1970s.Īlso on display at three separate locations in the Bay Ridge station is a map that combines the subway and “Select Bus” routes, two different maps of the local neighborhood and a station blueprint for disabled straphangers. The MTA’s subway map may be getting a new look. NYC teen charged with murder in shooting of 17-year-old boy at subway stationĮlderly man slammed to the ground in NYC subway attack

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