Background The MBTA has one of the most expansive commuter rail networks in the country – only behind New Jersey Transit and Metra (somehow the MBTA and Metrolink in LA are tied for 3rd place… they both have 388 track…
Background Despite it’s challenges, maintenance backlogs, debt and safety record, the MBTA is a lifeline for the city of Boston, one that must be expanded over the next few years to help Massachusetts meet its climate goals, ease traffic congestion,…
The Why: Designing a new map. The Metro is a unique system, having operating closer to an S-Bahn style system outside of downtown, with subway-equivalent service in downtown. That made it alot easier to scale up the size of downtown…
The Why: The MBTA map is one of the most iconic subway maps – trailing just behind London and NYC. Its an awesome looking map, but it distorts geography heavily to make text legible from afar. My mission with redesigning…
The Why: The 3 railroads are very intimidating networks. Unlike their easy to understand subway counterparts, the railroads feature tons of unlabeled service patterns and oddities that I find aren’t advertised very well on the existing maps. Some branches go…
The Current Maps: The currently available maps for commuter rail lines in the greater NYC region are a hot mess. I mean, at the time of writing, clicking to view the Metro-North Railroad map takes you to the old MTA…
As many are aware, the T is in a crisis right now. Crumbling infrastructure and major safety incidents have led to degraded service, and unfortunately, the MBTA is still under the assumption that weekend ridership doesn’t exist – that its…
The bidding process In late 2013, the MBTA was looking to replace its aging fleet of orange line trains – Cars that were 34 years old, and nearing the end of their useful lives.[1] They were going to have more…
This is here for archival purposes. Read this at your own caution. Lets try this again Earlier this year, I set out on a mission to redesign the MBTA map. The result? A blocky mess that showed the system inaccurately…