Oh my word – this is stunning! (And absolutely needs to be preserved properly for future generations)

I love the indicator board* at Earls Court – I was staying with family out at East Putney, so I was on that platform a lot and used the board to see which District Line train I could catch to get home.

*Australian terminology? That's what we called them in Sydney, anyway.

My family used the Air New Zealand version of this – the "Skycouch" – a number of years ago (free upgrade, yay!) and it was amazing on the long-haul Auckland -> LA leg. Wife and kid shared the couch and snuggled in, I got an entire row back in otherwise completely full economy all to myself :-)

I really wish the Fleet Line name had been kept instead of pandering to royalty – it works on multiple levels (approximating the course of the old river of that name; "fleet" = fast) and it just sounds way cool.

Portland Streetcar expansion echoes city’s transit history In 2028, the Portland Bureau of Transportation will begin a project to expand the Portland Streetcar system.

I'm on TV! FOX 12 Oregon asked me to contribute to a story on Portland's streetcar history a while back and it finally aired this morning. They did a great job with their old/new transitions!

www.kptv.com/2026/03/24/p...

Today’s multimodal SF adventure - early morning cable car ride to avoid the hordes, 10 mile walk over the Golden Gate Bridge and back, 28 bus back to Fisherman’s Wharf, F line to Market & Church, J line to Mission Dolores Park (so sunny!) and then back to the start at Powell. What a day!

I do like the system map customized for the line the train is on, though!

Riding in to San Francisco on BART for the first time in a long time. The new cars are nice, the robot voice announcing stops is weird, and the warning chime for the doors is to the point but not very memorable.

I'm not that organised, unfortunately.

Redgum - I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) (Official Video) YouTube video by RedgumVEVO

"I Was Only 19" by Redgum. The best anti-war song ever written by a country mile.

(Warning: war, death, PTSD)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGDh...

Transit Maps: Project: International E-Road Network Diagram, 2020 Revision Finally! A comprehensive reworking and redrawing of one of my original projects – a diagram of the European International E-Road network. First drawn back in 2010, It’s a piece that’s a…

I did a full project write-up when I first released this back in 2020, and you can read it here:

transitmap.net/e-road-netwo...

It's important to remember that this is a diagram and not a map, so clarity of the network was my primary goal. An underlying grid informed a lot of the choices.

I'm glad things have improved in Denmark since I was there way back in 2003. Its zone system and strip-tickets confused the heck out of me at the time. If a local hadn't shown me how to cancel the zones on my ticket correctly I'd still be there today.

New additions to the print store – four amazing new maps in @pinakographos.bsky.social's "Rivers of North America" series – the Mississippi and Colorado watersheds, and Northern California and Southern New England.

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The very first thing I disabled when I updated to the new version.

I suspect that "proposed park" refers to the expansion of Grant Park to the lake side of the railroad tracks – as I understand it, this was a gradual process over a number of years, reclaiming a stagnant lagoon with landfill.

Hey gang! This image is originally from the Library of Congress' digital collections; they date it to 1902 because that's when it was deposited with the library for copyright purposes. Look at the stamp on the lower left of the map.

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New additions to the print store – four amazing new maps in @pinakographos.bsky.social's "Rivers of North America" series – the Mississippi and Colorado watersheds, and Northern California and Southern New England.

transitmap.net/store/produc...

Where are my transit people - anyone know more about this old subway/train map on the floor of Grand Central?

It looks so cool but the full thing didn’t appear to withstand updates to flooring over the years. I saw it out of the corner of my eye in a tucked away corner near the food concourse.

It took two years (with other projects in between) but I've finished 44,703 stitches of DMC 162 — Very Light Blue that make up all the waterways on my 20-inch wide cross stitch map of the NYC subway system.

If I never touch another skein of 162 again it'll be too soon

Yep, that's better already. One thought: there's perhaps an argument to be made that something this diagrammatic doesn't need the dog-leg in the Ellenbrook line, which seems very fussy in comparison to the straight trajectories of all the other lines.

Submission – Official Map: Transperth Rail Diagram, 2026 Submitted by Noah, who says: I would appreciate a review of the updated system map for Transperth. Transit Maps says: This dates from October 2025, when the Armadale line was extended one station to Byford. Again, this is one of those diagrams that gets the job done, but absolutely lacks any finesse and craft. There's a whole litany of problems here — angled labels when there's plenty of room for them to be horizontal, inconsistent corner radii, a river that just ends (where's the West Australian coast?), icons that are visually too similar to each other, etc.

New on the blog! The official diagram of Transperth rail services has a lot of problems, but here's the two big ones:

I agree with Mike 100% here – this type of stuff should not be allowed.

Welcome to all! If you’re looking for people to follow, here are some great voices on transit, active transport, cities…

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The Mandurah/Yanchep lines do interline, and the diagram attempts to show that between Perth Underground and Elizabeth Quay. I suspect they retain their own identity because the vast number of people use rail as a commuter service from their suburb to Perth with very few running through the city.

Submission – Official Map: Transperth Rail Diagram, 2026 Submitted by Noah, who says: I would appreciate a review of the updated system map for Transperth. Transit Maps says: This dates from October 2025, when the Armadale line was extended one station to Byford. Again, this is one of those diagrams that gets the job done, but absolutely lacks any finesse and craft. There's a whole litany of problems here — angled labels when there's plenty of room for them to be horizontal, inconsistent corner radii, a river that just ends (where's the West Australian coast?), icons that are visually too similar to each other, etc.

New on the blog! The official diagram of Transperth rail services has a lot of problems, but here's the two big ones:

Seems to be back up and running!

I'm aware that the blog is down at the moment... looking into it!

a diagram of rail transit lines in beijing including the subway, trams, and suburban rail. the design language is based on massimo vignelli's 1972 new york city subway map and uses muted colours on a light background with a folded paper texture. there is a legend and list of services on the top.

🇨🇳🗽 i finally got around to remaking the terrible subway map of my hometown beijing, this time in the style of vignelli!

full image: ibb.co/album/tzt8H6

A framed mockup of a Rhode Island stream map. The state is green, with surrounding states in tan tones. The rivers are dark blue and are labeled with their names as well as cities along the way. Everything is done in 45° angles and the design language of a transit map.

A detail image of the map, showing the area of the Pawtuxet River.

A low-angle detail image of the map, showing the area around Providence.

If you enjoy both #RhodeIsland and #rivers, stop by The Map Center (@mapcenter.com) to check out (and maybe buy?) this poster I designed for them, showing the state's streams in the style of a transit network map.

I don't get to print this diagram of the European E-road network very often, but I can still look at it with pride when I do. I can't say that about every piece of design I did five years ago!

More info on the project here: transitmap.net/e-road-netwo...