kitchin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:00 am
We need both maps types of maps. I think MTA could swing that. Vignelli style maps are good for connections, the other for places and distances.
If I'm on the train and have forgotten the connections, I want Vignelli. If I'm planning ahead, I might want geographic. I find just following online directions disorienting.
I disagree.
For visitors who ride the subway and may not be familiar with the system (and that is a lot of people), one map is confusing enough but to have a 2nd map - no way. A visitor who has ridden the NYC Subway enough gnenrally has no problem with or without a map.
Forget the connections? Unless you are experiencing 'brain drain on the train' I find that difficult to believe. Maybe missing a connection because you fell asleep, were reading something or just not paying attention - that I could see.
I find online directions misleading. On a few occasions where I was stopped by a visitor taking the subway (I seem to have that kind of face that says : "he knows his way around" ) and they show me what their smart phone has for directions, I usually say - skip those directions and then give them more explicit directions including what car to board or what staircase to use at their destination (or other info like that).
Online directions are only as good as the person who programmed in the information (and they may not always be that knowledgeable about using the subway.
BTW - using the online subway map can be confusing because you can only see a small portion at at time. At least with the paper version (either in the passenger version or the big wall map or the one in a subway car) at least you can see the overall picture.