Mapping the Subways of North America
via ohhleary:
XKCD, transit, and geography nerdery, all in one? This makes my day.
Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design
via theatlantic:
The 180-page binder, the key to the system’s iconic design choices, outlines a meticulous vision of signage intended not merely to look good — though it does — but to simplify navigation of the subterranean labyrinth. In its attention to passenger behavior, the manual goes above and beyond what most of us would term graphic design.
“The subway rider should be given only information at the point of decision,” proclaimed the designers. “Never before. Never after.”
Read more. [Images: NYCTA]
In Which The Washington Post Helps You Date
So The Washington Post created Love Train to help you identify places along the DC Metro to go on a date (click-through the image above to explore). They clarify:
The Metro served as our inspiration for this guide to D.C. dating, because that’s how many dates begin and end — at the stops between daters’ offices or homes. We eliminated the stops that were mostly waystations for commuters or that had nothing romantic within walking distance to recommend.
It’s not the only love tool they’ve come up with. There’s also Date Lab, which finds you a date and pays for your night out.
FJP: Journalism as a public service.
Another waste of energy (in every sense of the word)
h/t ohhleary:
Public Transportation … for Your Car? | Atlantic Cities
Anwar Farooq has patented an eyebrow-raising invention. A train-ferry for car commuters. This kind of system would certainly eliminate traffic congestion in our highways. This rapid commute system would enable long-distance car commuters to hop aboard a train instead – while still bringing their personal vehicles with them.
You know what would also eliminate traffic congestion? Trains that don’t waste massive amounts of energy carrying cars.
Visualizing one day of activity for New York’s transit system (by STLTransit)
Inevitably, if you change the way people think about cars, you change the urban form that is built around it. That’s possibly another reason that living in urban centers in smaller spaces is growing in popularity; The smart phone’s ability to find out what is happening around you makes the city work better for you, and makes the low density suburb even less attractive.
Your Office Is In Your Pants: How The Smart Phone Is Changing The Way We Live And Work : TreeHugger (via anxiaostudio)
btw, have you heard of foursquare? This is our wheelhouse. We’re inventing this future. Oh, and we’re hiring.
(via dpstyles)
Infographic showing population changes in St. Louis, and showing how transit access drives population growth, particularly in more walkable parts of the city.
How the Candidates Roll
While the G.O.P. hopefuls are all making their final tours around early voting states, their modes of travel — and their entourages — vary widely.
Ahead of Its Time: Vignelli's MTA map goes Digital
The head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority asked Massimo Vignelli to revise his 1972 map for the MTA’s website.
via @subwaydouchery:
SUBWAY DOUCHERY : The Picture of Health
In this health conscious day and age, it’s difficult to hit the town without thinking about all the calories! So let the picture above be your guide to a nutritious but delicious evening!
- DRINK UP! Before going to Penn Station, drink about twelve to fifteen beers. It’s a good solid base of alcohol that coats the stomach and prevents the carbs from entering your fat cells.
- NO-SKI TO THE TAXI! It’s a beautiful evening, take a walk! See the sights, stumble into pedestrians, whip out your iPod and listen to Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt on repeat until your start sobbing uncontrollably. The only thing really hurtin’ will be the burnin’ of calories!
- TIME TO REFUEL! Woooof .. after all that exercise, the body becomes depleted. LOAD UP! We all know one large soda is never enough, so better make it two! The Salted Soft Pretzel is the perfect balance of carbohydrates and sodium. No wonder it’s the post workout choice of bodybuilders and yogis alike!
- REST UP! Your train isn’t coming for at least twenty minutes and the body only builds muscle while at rest. So pile up your jacket and scarf like a scented pillow at the finest health spa… begin the cool down!
- THANKS GIULIANI! There hasn’t been a mugging in New York City in the last twenty years so FUHGEDDABOUDIT!?! You are completely safe from losing your wallet, cell phone, shoes, and watch… trust me and the guys hanging out by the vending machines who clearly aren’t ticket holders!
*** Another addition from the Long Island Railroad series sent in by dear confidant of the Douchery, James! Thanks brother! Keep on Douchin’ ***
