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Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Re: Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Post by m90 »

I certainly don't mind such experiments, but after living in Berlin for quite a while now, I still have to hear anyone complain about that the transit map is hard to read.

I personally would even say that it's one of the easier ones I have used regularly (compare to Stuttgart for example, which is pretty cryptic due to the city's geography).

Re: Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Post by [deleted] »

m90 wrote: post #2

I certainly don't mind such experiments, but after living in Berlin for quite a while now, I still have to hear anyone complain about that the transit map is hard to read. I personally would even say that it's one of the easier ones I have used regularly (compare to Stuttgart for example, which is pretty cryptic due to the city's geography).

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Re: Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Post by karakanb »

rerx wrote: post #3

I dislike how this map is presented as almost official. The author does not seem to have any relation to Berlin traffic authorities. This should be framed clearly as a proposal.

I assumed the map was official too, especially because of the "Effective from December 9, 2018" piece on the header.

Re: Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Post by chmod775 »

rerx wrote: post #3

I dislike how this map is presented as almost official. The author does not seem to have any relation to Berlin traffic authorities. This should be framed clearly as a proposal.

It's a map. You don't propose maps, you just draw them and either sell them or give them out for free.

Also it's Berlin where people generally feel they own the city and everything in it, corporations and government only coming second.

If someone makes a map and a majority starts using it... guess it's our map now.

Knowing the image the BVG and S-Bahn generally try to project, I can even image them rolling over if people say they like that map. Unlikely, but we'll see if it gets mainstream attention.

Source: Born and raised in Berlin.

Re: Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Post by detritus »

> Too many turns made it very hard to read. It was quite an ordeal to draw a route.

Perhaps it's just me, but I find the 'robotified' look of the original much easier to parse than the large rounded corners, which seem more of an aesthetic choice than a practical one.

Re: Unofficial new Berlin rapid transit route map

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Post by matchbok »

detritus wrote: post #8

> Too many turns made it very hard to read. It was quite an ordeal to draw a route. Perhaps it's just me, but I find the 'robotified' look of the original much easier to parse than the large rounded corners, which seem more of an aesthetic choice than a practical one.

Same. The huge wobbly inner loop is far too distracting.
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