Nyc Subway Map History

A map of the bronx bus.

Nyc subway map history. The new york city subway map. The current iteration of the new york city subway map dates from a design first published in 1979. 1904 map and profile of the irt subway. Several different maps were published coinciding with the opening of the irt subway in 1904 and its brooklyn extension in 1905.

New york city bus maps. Subway map is a record of how graphic design politics and geography have shaped the city over the last 40 years. This map shows regular service. A view of how the subway system runs overnights.

Bronx bus map. The primary designer assigned to the 1979. The new york city subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of new york city new york. 1904 map and profile of the irt subway.

Opened in october 1904 makes it one of the oldest metro systems in the world. The bronx brooklyn manhattan and queens its operator is the new york city transit authority nycta which is controlled by the metropolitan transportation authority mta of new york. The subway map we all know today is loosely based on a famous 1972 design by massimo vignelli an italian american designer whose gem colored diagram eschewed geographical honesty for visual. The official map has evolved gradually under the control of the marketing and corporate communications department of the metropolitan transportation authority mta.

The 1904 new york subway souvenir publication included a map and profile of the irt subway. A brief history of the nyc subway the subway system as we know it started running on october 27 1904 but new york s experiment with mass transit began 77 years earlier. New york city subway map new york city subway the new york city subway is a rapid transit system in new york city united states. Accessible stations highlighted map.

The standard subway map with larger labels and station names. The subway map with accessible stations highlighted.