Book – How transit maps around the globe reveal unique design choices

We’re all familiar with London’s famous tube map, but maybe less so with how other cities display their metro maps, and now a book has brought many of them together.Map author Mark Ovenden’s latest book examines 53 cities worldwide, from Algiers to Washington, D.C.
London unsurprisingly gets a lot more space than most cities but is dwarfed by the space given to Berlin. What’s fascinating is how the maps—officially diagrams—can look instantly familiar and yet s