The BART Map: 50 Years of Wayfinding
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The BART map is without a doubt an icon of the system and the Bay Area in general. This page covers the many changes of the map from Opening Day, September 11, 1972, to BART's Golden Anniversary, September 11, 2022.
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Contents:
The Original Map
The Original Map (White Land)
The Regional Features Map (1996)
The Present Map
The Original Map
The Original Map (White Land)
The Regional Features Map (1996)
The Present Map
The Original Map
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Simplicity is key with this digitization of the original map. Land is brown, water is blue, and the lines have their familiar colors used till today.
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The Original Map (White Land)
From about 1973 to 1996, the system map on printed materials featured the land as white.
The Regional Features Map (1996)
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Like many things, it started out as a clean-ish design and was bogged down with updates.
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The Present Map
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