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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Iconic Transit Maps with Mark Ovenden
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
2:00 PM ET
Virtual Program
Free
As cities worldwide have built mass transit systems, they’ve had to grapple with how to translate them into user-friendly maps. More than just navigational tools, transit maps have evolved into cultural touchstones, celebrated for their achievements in design and establishing a visual urban history. In his book Iconic Transit Maps, author and transit historian Mark Ovenden examines 160 years of cartographic design from over fifty cities around the world.
Join Ovenden to discover how enterprising cartographers revolutionized wayfinding and helped shape the visual identities of cities.
Order your copy of the book at the New York Transit Museum Store.
Free
All attendees are welcome. You will have the option to turn on automatic captions for this virtual program. Staff will share instructions for how to do so at the start of the event. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
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Image courtesy of Mark Ovenden, Berlin U-Bahn map ca. 1934
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