Gorgeous vintage map of the Moscow metro, 1980. Pair with Transit Maps of the World.
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Charming PSA for public transit from New York’s MTA.
Lovely short film about Berlin’s urban cycling scene, a teaser for Gestalten’s book on bicycle culture and design.
XKCD mashes up all of North America’s subway systems into a single giant map. Pair with Transit Maps of the World.
Beautifully minimalist line-drawing postcards of London Underground train depots. Complement with a pictorial history of how the Underground shaped London.
The story of the London Underground, in lovely vintage posters.
Creative environmental nonprofit Do The Green Thing has partnered with 23 celebrated artists and designers to create a poster a day, for 23 consecutive days, until Earth Hour 2013. All posters are available as prints, with proceeds benefiting the DTGT charity.
Pair this one, by Tom Uglow, with a case for the walkable city.
Dumb Ways To Die, charming and brilliant PSA for the Melbourne Metro, one of the winners TED’s 2013 Ads Worth Spreading contest.
A brief pictorial history of the London Tube, the world’s first underground railway system, celebrating its 150th birthday in 2013.
Something about cyclists seems to provoke fury in other road users. If you doubt this, try a search for the word “cyclist” on Twitter. As I write this one of the latest tweets is this: “Had enough of cyclists today! Just wanna ram them with my car.” This kind of sentiment would get people locked up if directed against an ethnic minority or religion, but it seems to be fair game, in many people’s minds, when directed against cyclists.
Why all the rage? … My theory is that motorists hate cyclists because they think they offend the moral order.
BBC’s Tom Stafford applies behavioral economics and social psychology to understanding the age-old tension between cyclists and drivers
Alissa Walker takes a tour of LA’s original subway. Complement with the original style manual for the NYC subway.
Fantastic archival record of the first edition of NYC’s official Transit Authority Standards Manual, designed by the great Massimo Vignelli.
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Illustrator Sophie Blackall’s heart-warming New York City subway artwork, with a subtle nod to her famous Craigslist missed connections.
Treat yourself to this fantastic interview with Blackall by the one and only Debbie Millman.
