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The Last Train to Jamaica: How NYC Almost Replaced Its Els
The New York City subway is famously made up of three formerly…
The Lost 1943 IND Second System Plan
Students of NYC subway history know this map. It is one of…
End of the Line: The Unfinished Fulton St Subway
When Duke Ellington wrote “Take the A Train” he wasn’t talking about…
IND Service Guide: 1953
Celebrating an historic cartographer with a fantastical future map from 1953.
Serving Southeast Queens Part 1: The Forgotten Route 131
In the annals of NYC subway history there are numerous examples of…
Mysteries of the BMT Sea Beach Express
If you take the N train to Coney Island you might notice that there are a pair of unused tracks down the center of the line. No one is quite sure why they exist.
IND Second System Track Map
A detailed look at every official subway expansion proposal from 1929 until the present.
Chicago: Complete and Geographically Accurate Track Map
I am incredibly excited to release my newest map: The Complete and…
Boston MBTA: Complete and Geographically Accurate Track Map
Large format prints are available at my vanmaps.com store. I was more…
Unbuilt Highways of New York City and Robert Moses
Few people loom as large in the annals of New York City…
An Animated History of the MBTA
[UPDATE: This map was originally published in 2009. Since then, the MBTA…