michael hertz's NY underground map

‘in a constantly changing city, it’s impressive to realize that new yorkers have had essentially the same subway map for almost 30 years. the current map varies only in detail from the one that michael hertz and the MTA presented to the public in 1979′.’ hertz discusses his design with the gothamist

— designboom archive: see the designboom interview with massimo vignelli (the designer of the new york subway map which came before hertz’s design).