{"id":2660,"date":"2013-01-20T18:14:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T23:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2013-01-20T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T23:14:14","slug":"metro-highlights-frequency-in-new-bus-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/20\/metro-highlights-frequency-in-new-bus-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro highlights frequency in new bus map"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, Greater Greater Washington highlighted WMATA’s latest iteration<\/a> of their new bus map<\/a> (as post on the first iteration is here<\/a>), which opts for a diagrammatic representation of the bus network, highlighting frequent, all-day bus services over infrequent and irregulat coverage bus routes.<\/p>\n

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The new map is a huge improvement of the old one. \u00a0Digging through the archives, I found this post<\/a>, with a screencap of roughly the same part of the city – just for the purposes of comparison.<\/p>\n

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The inspiration for posting about the shortcomings of the WMATA map back in 2010 came after reading Jarrett Walker’s blog<\/a>. \u00a0Walker emphasizes the value of frequency<\/a>, and the importance of highlighting frequent services in an operator’s communications, such as maps<\/a>. WMATA’s old maps made no such distinctions – in fact, the map highlighted rather useless distinctions, such as whether or not a bus crossed state lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The timing of Metro’s release of the new map was fortuitous. \u00a0Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in Walker’s two-day transit network design course<\/a>. \u00a0The exercises<\/a> in the course force participants to deal with the trade-offs between conflicting goals, limited budgets, constrained geography, and the fundamental geometry of efficient transit service.<\/p>\n

(Jarrett has posted reviews of the DC course here<\/a> – I would definitely recommend the course both for those working on transit\/transportation, as well as anyone interested in how cities function)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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