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Re: 1995 NYC DOT Express map |
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Posted by Lawrence Hughes on Mon May 2 20:48:12 2016, in response to 1995 NYC DOT Express map, posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Apr 24 23:04:09 2016. I was the driving force behind the development of the NYC DOT express bus map quite some time ago when I was head of bus service planning for the City of New York. It is reassuring to see so much enthusiasm for a map that has been so long out of print, and for which much of the information has since become dated and obsolete.The inspiration of the map was the absence of such information elsewhere. While the information might had been incorporated into the bus maps then published by the New York City Transit Authority, the problem was (and I think remains) that the express bus information placed on top of the local bus route information can lead to information overload; the relatively limited utility of the express bus routes can takeover a map reader's attention, to the detriment of a map reader trying to understand the basic route route structure in the various boroughs. Yes, a single map may facilitate transfers between local and express routes, but at the time--and think continuing to this day--those transfers are minimal. A secondary concern was that there existed at the time some elements within the NYCTA who believed that the express bus routes funded by NYC DOT somehow "competed" against the NYCTA bus routes. Of course, this concern was unfounded because the City contributed financial support to both the NYCTA and privately-operated transit services. Nonetheless, that would have been an issue that no one at the time wanted to open. The idea and inspiration for the map originated at NYC DOT. Funding for the map was provided by both NYC DOT and NYCTA. The cartographic work was contracted by Command Bus Company using a competitive bidding process. The work was awarded to, and completed by, the transit graphics firm Reineck & Reineck, of San Francisco (a husband and wife team). It has been been nearly twenty years since I last worked at NYC DOT, and while I looked on my computer to see if I had saved a PDF version of the map, I do not seem to have done so. Perhaps I might a copy some day in the future. Nonetheless, the cartographers, Jack and Gay Reineck, should have a PDF copy backed up in their system. If anyone is willing and able to host a site where the map could be viewed and/or downloaded (I recall the file size being large), and they wanted to make all the logistical arrangements with the cartographers, for hosting the map locally, etc., I would not object to them contacting the Reinecks for a copy of the file (since their client was Command Bus Company, there might be permission issues that, if need be, I might be able to facilitate). |
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