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Monday, July 7, 2008

Fantasy Map Fever!

Why do I love fantasy transit network maps? Because unlike bus and automobile, it inspires people to think big and imagine. I think we could use some imagination these days. I've always believed it was good for you.

Charlotte

This map was created in 2005 and sent by reader J. I thought it was a really cool way to show an eventual network that benefits the whole city.

Sound Transit Maps via Orphan Road.

The Most Recent stuff from Transbay Blog.

Cincinnati maps you can buy on a shirt!

Brian G. adds Atlanta.

Anyone have any others?
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9 comments:

  1. FLUBBERJuly 7, 2008 at 11:30 PM

    here's the fantasy map for ATL:
    http://www.cfpt.org/pages/wctv

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  2. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 5:05 AM

    We've had a recent rush of maps in Washington. Here are a couple of them:
    http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=644
    http://beyonddc.com/features/transitvision2008/

    And here's Washington Metro's own 2030 vision map, as drawn at their request by a blogger:
    http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=865
    And fleshed out in detail by another blogger:
    http://mysite.verizon.net/cambronj/wmata/sys_schematic_2030.gif

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  3. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 7:09 AM

    Great post! It's always fun to look at these, even not knowing much about the systems being expanded. There does some to be fantasy map fever in the air. Having just done a SMART one, it may be time to head south next. :)

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  4. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    How about this one from Vienna, Austria? Remember this from last year? http://b2b.wien.info/data/SVP_6.pdf

    Texas Oski

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  5. RyanJuly 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM

    This list can not be complete without two of the most extensive fantasy efforts around.

    Get LA Moving
    This guy's been pitching these ideas to city council.
    http://glam.fminus.com/

    TriBoro RX
    I'm a transit planner myself, and this guy's proposal is just as elaborate as anything we produce, and you can download the whole thing in Google Earth.
    http://frumin.net/ation/2007/06/le_triboro_rx.html

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  6. -NJuly 8, 2008 at 12:59 PM

    Here is my favorite map of the transit world:
    http://cartophilia.com/blog/images/worldtransit.jpg

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  7. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 3:01 PM

    and here's Boston:
    http://futurembta.com/thefuturemaps/

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  8. Morgan WickJuly 8, 2008 at 6:26 PM

    I'm not sure much if anything has been done on GetLAMoving for a while.

    It might be hard to find one single overview map, but interesting to read nonetheless:
    http://takethemetro.blogspot.com

    I don't think I agree with everything he says and some have accused him of a Westside (LA) bias, but I have been fairly persuasively swayed by some of his arguments for and against what LA is actually planning.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    Fantabulous! I collect copies of these maps on my blog (and eventually I'll have a website devoted to them), and these are great!

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