The Search for a Better Subway MapThe subway system developed through several private companies which were then merged under city management in 1940, evolving into the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), established in 1953. The verso includes a brief history of the New York City transit system, a guide to reaching famous sites using the subway, fun facts about the subway system, and tables highlighting the various routes of the IRT, BMT, and IND. A grid surrounds the map, corresponding to an index at upper-right listing neighborhoods, museums, and other attractions. Although the systems had been merged since 1940, in common parlance they were still referred to as separate. A Closer LookThe three systems of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the public (city-operated) Independent Subway System (IND) are noted in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Salomon pioneered many features adopted by later subway map designers, including Massimo Vignelli. This is George Salomon's 1961 map of the New York City Subway network, an important stepping-stone in the development of today's standard map. Minnesota - North Dakota - South Dakota.Massachusetts - Connecticut - Rhode Island.
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