Transit Maps of the World: Expanded and Updated Edition of the World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth [Paperback]

A completely updated and expanded edition of the cult bestseller, featuring subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from New York to Nizhny Novgorod.
 
Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historical and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. In glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the cartographic history of mass transit—including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. 

Now expanded with thirty-six more pages, 250 city maps revised from previous editions, and listings given from almost a thousand systems in total, this is the graphic designer’s new bible, the transport enthusiast’s dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who’s ever traveled in a city.“Ovenden does what no other design history book has ever done. Transit Maps of the World is a must-have.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“Fantastic.”
—LA Times

“The perfect book.”
—USA Today

“Pure catnip.”
—William Grimes, The New York Times

“This book is the stuff that dreams are made of.”
—Newsday

“A fabulous collection. These maps are almost works of art, and can kindle a remembrance of a past trip or a dream of a future journey.”
—Seattle Times

“Impossibly nerdy and thoroughly compelling.&#8lcM