About this title: Using glorious, colorful graphics, Ovenden traces the story of mass transit in this comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system around the world.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN-13:9780143112655ISBN:0143112651
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143112655ISBN:0143112651
Description: New. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Ovenden traces the story of mass transit in this comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system around the world. read more
"Talk about your perfect bathroom book! I would have loved to have a chance to edit this--to correct the author's apparent misconception, e.g., that infamous means really, really famous--but you don't read a book like this for literary quality. You read a book like this to discover things like that the Loop in Chicago is named for the central feature of the elevated train = el = L ~ L . . . oop. You read it to have called to your attention that most classic subway maps feature only horizontal, vertical, and 45-degree lines, and to learn why. And you read it to look at all the wonderful maps! One cool damn book, and thanks to Jennie Tonic for tipping me off to its existence."
"A fascinating book with lots of pictures of stations and graphics of transit system maps and other memorabilia showing the evolution of the system in each location. There is also a lot of information about how the mapping developed, different standards that make a readable map and alternative approaches tried by various cities. A must read for anyone interested in how public transit has developed and is communicated to people."
"Anyone who knows me knows that I love mass transit, especially subway systems. As a west coaster, we don't have many of those around here. It takes me 2.5 hours to get to work via LA's mass transit instead of the 45 minutes it takes me to drive!
But when I go on vacation I love to use mass transit, love to study the maps, I even love to take the buses! That's why this coffee table book was on my Christmas list, and it was great fun to page through it.
The beginning of the book has multi-page treatments of some of the largest and most famous systems, like the New York Subway, London & Paris Metros, and so on. Later there are single pages for some smaller systems or cities, compressing down to multiple systems on a single page near the end."
"This was a well written and well illustrated book about transit maps all over the world. I didn't quite understand the layout since the cities were divided into sections and it was not apparently clear why London would not be next to Paris. All in all it is very informative and very interesting. For me it is a browsing book to be picked up from time to time. I recommend it."
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