A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that hadn't changed is the subway map. That is, until now.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority has unveiled the first major change to the famed New York City subway map since 1979. The historic map commuters are used to seeing on subway cars and in stations ...

The redesigned map includes brighter colors, bold, straight lines, and a white background, all aimed at maximizing contrast ...

The map echoes a short-lived 1972 map created by Massimo Vignelli. That version, designed as a service map, introduced ...

The MTA on Wednesday unveiled a new “easily readable” New York City subway map for the first time in nearly 50 years – but straphangers knocked the redesigned graphic as a “complicated” brain teaser ...

This column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation ... The MTA has a new subway map, and it’s directly inspired ...

The MTA has unveiled a brand new map for the NYC subway, and while some commuters are a little hesitant about the change, design fans are delighted by the new look. The new map has been praised for ...

It’s the first time in 50 years that the MTA has issued a new subway map, a fact which carries a trainload of irony for ...