Bad mapping: WMATA Metrorail weekend closures
Via a Reddit post.
The legend doesn't explain the ongoing closure between Clarendon and Farragut West, or the temporary closure between Forest Glen, Silver Spring, and Takoma and on the Red Line.
It explains it in text on the webpage, but not the map.
Blue, Orange, and Silver Line Construction Friday, Jan. 12 - Monday, Jan. 15 *MDOT MTA Purple Line construction to impact Red Line service Saturday and Sunday only, Jan. 13-14, with no service between Forest Glen and Takoma. Silver Spring Station will be closed with free shuttle buses provided.
This stuff is on my mind because I've been working ongoing in part (not as a designer) on a map signage project for Sugar House Park, and clear, explanatory language and legend on the map (sign) has been a big issue.
More difficult and a much longer process since we are all volunteers, although we started with a basic sign template based on the Salt Lake City Parks, Open Space, and Trail Signage Guidelines, which are quite good (not perfect, but quite good).
Like what the NYC Subway is doing. with digital signs both on platforms and outside of the stations.
Labels: cartography and mapping, community information systems, government public communications, graphic design, strategic communications and marketing, transit marketing
posted by Richard Layman @ 4:26 PM&Permanent Link
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off topic:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-largest-us-dam-removal-effort-to-date-has-begun/
Dam removals.
Thanks for this. In second grade during a spelling test, I went up to the teacher to clarify the difference between damn and dam...
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