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Re: Why New Yorkers Insisted On A ''Worse'' Subway Map |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Nov 12 16:18:00 2018, in response to Re: Why New Yorkers Insisted On A ''Worse'' Subway Map, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 12 12:28:03 2018. The problem with using colors in NY is that unlike most other colorized cities, the colorized trunk lines have multiple branches. For example saying that the “Orange Line” goes to the Bronx is only partially accurate since two lines that carry the orange color go to Queens as well. At the south end, the orange 6 Av line has 3 branches, the West End the Culver and the Brighton so a one size fits all system as used in places like Boston or Philly won’t work well in NY. Even in Boston, the trolley subway or “Green Line” suffers from the same problem in that it too has multiple branches necessitating the addition of letters to describe those branches. Lettering or numbering the lines provides a much more accurate way of describing routes in a system such as NY’s and returning to the pre Chrystie system of the 3 divisions seems to make the most sense. |
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