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It's a huge 3D-printed map of Manhattan wired up to optic fiber cables. The cables show lights where each subway train is, and a Raspberry Pi sits at the heart to grab the location data.
Bicapitate has created a custom Raspberry Pi-powered 3D-printed map of Manhattan that displays the location of subway trains ...
First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA ...
The MTA has a new subway map, and it’s directly inspired by a design the agency retired in 1979 after riders complained it was hard to read. That old map, ... Carl, from Manhattan.
When the subway opened in 1904, maps just depicted the routes of the individual companies that ran them—the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company (BMT ...
Dual ConEd power outages brought subway train traffic to a halt Tuesday night, knocking out portions of the signal system in two boroughs. F and G train service was partially suspended in central ...
A major redesign to the New York City subway map was unveiled at Times Square-42 Street in Manhattan on Wednesday. Credit: Metropolitan Transportation Auth/Marc A. Hermann/MTA ...
A man accused of raping and robbing a corpse in a Manhattan subway car violated the dead body for nearly a half hour — pausing only when the train pulled into stations to let passengers on and ...
Become a paid member to listen to this article. How do you best represent the complex New York City subway system on an easy-to-read map? That's a challenge John Tauranac has been working on since ...
The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists.
A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that hadn't changed is the subway map. That is, until now.