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🔸澳洲幸运10开奖官网开奖结果走势图🔸Source: Newark AirTrain web page via @AirlineFlyer/Twitter

AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页 of the main problems with the previous diagram is that it simultaneously had to show a sprawling statewide network as well as local services like PATH, and the Hudson-Bergen light rail. Obviously, these are at very different levels of scale and detail, and the diagram struggled because of it, unsatisfactorily compressing the considerable detail around Newark/New York into a very small part of the diagram.

The solution chosen here – a statewide geographical map supplemented with local area insets where needed – isn🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页t groundbreaking, but it is effective and a massive improvement. The cleverest part is the way the bottom third of the map gets rotated 45 degrees counter-clockwise to save massive amounts of space: the Atlantic City Line runs neatly across the bottom of the map instead of having to drop towards the southeast. The map🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s border does a lot of good work here, clearly separating the two parts of the map, while making it clear that there🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s continuity between the sections at Bordentown.

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🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划final word: 🔸澳洲幸运10预测One of those rare occasions where a geographical rail map is superior to a diagram. It🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s not perfect, but I think it🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s definitely a step in the right direction.

🔸澳洲幸运10开奖官网开奖结果走势图🔸Source: NJ Transit website

I have a Flickr and save these images from eBay listings and elsewhere. This is from the NJ DOT, now NJ Transit. This map is from the 1970s, as indicated by the presence of the Bayonne Branch.

澳洲10开官网开奖🔸澳洲幸运10预测 says:

This is a great find, Shaul – thanks for sharing!

The best I can do to date this is that it🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s after 1971 (the formation of Amtrak), but before 1976, 🔸澳洲开奖 commuter rail services in New Jersey were divested to Conrail until 1983. The Bayonne Branch, a shuttle service known affectionately as the “Bayonne Scoot”, ran from 1969 to 1978, so its presence here doesn🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页t give any more information. Interestingly the map shows the western end of the line as Roselle Park, 🔸澳洲开奖 I believe that it actually ran through to Cranford. Some of old alignment at the eastern end of the Bayonne Branch is now part of the Hudson-Bergen light rail line.

As for the map itself, it🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s a bit of a glorious mess with routes and labels heading off in all directions, but it🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s still quite legible and usable despite that. It certainly has a very 1970s vibe to it! The main interchanges are very clearly denoted, and I must give full credit for including PATH (operated by the Port Authority, not the New Jersey DOT) on the map. There🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页s absolutely no correlation between the colours of the route lines on this map to those on the current NJ Transit rail map. Note also the absence of Seacaucus Junction (which didn🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页t open until 2003) and the original name of Pavonia Avenue for the Newport PATH station.

In August, I was contacted by Carter Green, a high school student🔸澳洲幸运10预测 who had been inspired by my maps (especially my map of French TGV routes) and had created his own of regional rail services in and around New York City. He asked whether I would mind taking a look at it, which I did. Immediately, I was impressed with the amazing quality of the cartography, but had a few suggestions which I thought Carter could implement. He took my ideas on board, and has now got back to me with the final version – and it’s beautiful🔸澳洲幸运10预测.

Have we been there?🔸澳洲幸运10预测 My only experience with regional rail in the New York area is a NJ Transit train from Newark Airport to Penn Station.

What we like:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 A nicely unified design – the whole map gives off an elegant Art Deco feel (very🔸澳洲幸运10预测 appropriate for New York!), courtesy of the distinctive Neutraface type family and some nice little flourishes in arrowheads and the map’s north pointer.

The use of increasingly large circles for hub stations is something that could have looked terrible, but I think Carter has actually pulled it off very well – y🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划eye is definitely drawn to them, and it quickly gives an idea of a station’s importance.

I absolutely adore🔸澳洲幸运10预测 the circular treatment of routes around Philadelphia, which is new to this version of the map.

Neat integration of New York Subway interchanges.

I wish I’d thought of Carter’s solution for stations where not every train stops – white dots linked by connecting lines, as seen on the red Metro-North routes into Connecticut.

What we don’t like:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Some minor, minor things. The symbols for connecting services that aren’t🔸澳洲幸运10预测 the Subway aren’t as effective (just three-letter abbreviations and teeny tiny airport symbols for the AirTrain services).

The curves where a route line has to “step down” to remain next to other routes on the same corridor (on the Metro-North Waterbury branch, for example) could be smoother to fit better with the graceful curves seen throughout the rest of the map.

A couple of errors that can easily be fixed: the LIRR Belmont seasonal service is shown in the legend, but not its parent Greenport branch. “AirTrain” is misspelled as “AirTran” in the legend.

🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划rating:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Incredibly impressive work that shows a very complex network of services from many different agencies and makes it visually compelling and informative. Did I mention Carter is still in high school? 🔸澳洲幸运10预测Four-and-a-half stars.

🔸澳洲幸运10开奖官网开奖结果走势图🔸JANUARY 10, 2015: Hey, r/nyc – nice to see you all here! New York’s one of my favourite places to talk about on this site, so check out everything else Big Apple related via the “New York” tag! – Cameron

🔸澳洲幸运10开奖官网开奖结果走势图🔸Source: Email correspondence with Carter Green

Have we been there?🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Yes, but I haven’t caught a PATH train.

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What we don’t like:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Not a lot!

🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划rating:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Fantastic! Five stars!

🔸澳洲幸运10开奖官网开奖结果走势图🔸Source: wavz13/Flickr

This morning, an interesting tweet came across my desk: “NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein unveils new customer friendly rail system map at today’s board meeting” with a link to the new map. Always eager to check out a new transit map, I clicked through… and was incredibly underwhelmed by what I saw.

Far from being the paradigm of customer friendliness that was promised, this map comes across as sad, tired and amateur. It seems to have taken elements from many different 澳洲10开官网开奖 and mashes them into one big mess. We have the thick route lines and giant circle transfer stations of Washington, DC Metro, icons for the lines similar to – but nowhere nearly as well executed – the Lisbon Metro, and different station symbols for each and every mode of transit.

Admittedly, this map faces some unusual challenges in that it shows a state-wide system, rather than just a smaller city. Because of this, some semblance of geography and distance between stations has to be shown. However, I feel that there has🔸澳洲幸运10预测 to be a better solution than this, where the light rail systems around Hoboken and Newark are crammed into a tiny space with miniscule station names, while vast amounts of space remain empty throughout the rest of the state.

The stylised geography also troubles me – what exactly happens to the Delaware River 🔸澳洲开奖 it gets to Port Jervis? And why do we need to see the vast empty bottom part of the state, especially 🔸澳洲开奖 it cuts an ugly swathe across the informational text at the base of the map.

Have we been there?🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Yes – I’ve caught the train from Newark Airport into New York Penn Station.

What we like:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Ambitious scope, attempting to show all rail services in the state of New Jersey – NJ Transit, PATH, light rail systems, as well as an indication of connecting services in neighbouring states – MTA, SEPTA and stations serviced by Amtrak. This is the 🔸澳洲10定位胆全天计划real transit map I’ve seen with a QR code on it – I wonder what it does?

What we don’t like:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 Unfortunately, despite its best intentions, this map is hideous🔸澳洲幸运10预测. Almost everything – from the icons and colours chosen for the main routes, to the typography, to the clumsy treatment of the geography, to the enormous circles used for transfer stations, even the spacing of the stations – looks amateur and poorly thought out. Suffers even more from having to include every logo🔸澳洲幸运10预测 of every separate transit agency.

🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划rating:🔸澳洲幸运10预测 A hugely wasted opportunity to create something memorable and exciting. One-and-a-half stars.

🔸澳洲幸运10开奖官网开奖结果走势图🔸Source: Official NJ Transit website – PDF