Redesigned NYC Subway Map

A recent article in the NYTimes has renewed interest in and buzz about Eddie Jabbour's redesign of the NYC subway map, a project he began years ago and that first made waves online in 2004. So the question is, why is this subject hot every time it surfaces? Most designers love a good info graphic. Most New Yorkers ride the subway. Most New York designers have an opinion about Vignelli's subway map. Venn diagram that info, and in the middle lands discussion of Jabbour's passion. 37signals has a nicely informative post about the Jabbour map and the related abstraction vs. geographical accuracy issues involving the London Tube map.

UPDATE: A link to background info surrounding the ongoing subway map controversy (NYTimes archives, possibly subscriber only, sorry), which is worth a look for this 1930s subway map alone. [via kottke]