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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

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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.

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.

The Present Map

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https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190712-1
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  • Home
  • The Fleet
    • Photo Roster
    • Legacy Fleet
      • A Cars
      • A2 Cars
        • All A2 Cars
      • B Cars
      • B2 Cars
      • C1 Cars
        • Final C1 Cars
      • C2 Cars
      • CB Cars
      • Post-Retirement
        • BART Cars at WRM
      • Reference Pics
        • A-B Reference Pics
        • C Car Reference Pics
      • Car Plates
    • Fleet of the Future
      • FOTF Production
      • D Cars
      • E Cars
    • eBART
    • OAC
    • Laboratory Cars
    • BART Express
    • The Two Bagger
  • History
    • A History of the Legacy Fleet
    • 1962-1971
      • Wide Gauge
      • Design
        • Railway Age Weekly 8-2-65
      • Rohr Background on BART Car
    • 1972 - 1982
      • Orders and Deliveries
      • Day One 9-11-1972
      • A to B Conversion
      • Mail on BART
    • 1983 - 1992
      • History in the Making
    • 1993-2002
      • Rebuilding
    • 2003-2012
    • 2013-2024
      • Ad Wraps
      • Shop Stickers
      • Final Scheduled Run
      • Final Run
    • Fact Sheets
      • Art in BART
    • BART Times
      • 1980s
      • 1990s
      • 2000s
    • Car Ads
  • The Lines
    • Color Lines
      • Green Line
      • Orange Line
      • Purple Line
    • Track and Station Lines
      • Golden Gate Bridge
      • Oakland Wye
      • A Line
      • C Line and Diablo Test Track
      • E Line
      • K Line
        • KE Track
        • MacArthur Platform Usage
      • L Line
      • M Line
        • Transbay Tube
      • R Line
      • S Line
      • W and Y Lines
  • Other BART Things
    • Automatic Train Control
      • AATC
    • George and Gracie
    • Tickets and Fare Media
    • Schedules
  • Other Transit
    • ACE
    • Ferries
      • Golden Gate Ferry
      • SF Bay Ferry
      • Treasure Island
    • Metra Gallery Cars
    • SFO AirTrain
    • SamTrans Discontinued Routes
    • AC Transit Discontinued Routes
    • VTA Almaden Shuttle
    • CalTrain
    • Amtrak California
    • SMART
  • About
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    • Legacy Fleet - The Story of BART's Old Cars