Just saw this via the London Reconnections blog and, oh my god, I think you could not do a worse job of redesigning the tube map if you tried.
“Paint all the lines the same colour. Send a train into London centre from Zone 6. Which identically coloured line does it emerge from on the other side? Fuck knows. Good luck!”
I mean, look at Oxford Circus? Which are the through lines? No? Me neither.
And this is promoted as “accessible”. God help us all.
ArcGIS BlogMind the map: a new design for the London Underground mapA modern take on the London tube map with updated accessible colours, a re-classification of lines by type, and line symbols scaled by frequency
@goatsarah which line do I need from Liverpool St to Covent Garden? That's what I need to know from a tube map and this doesn't tell me. Moving as fast as I can because I'm just in from Stansted and my workshop is in an hour because the flight was delayed.
@Colman “The blue one”
Aaaaaaaaargh!