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Haven't read any comments above, so some rough thoughts that may have already come up:

I like "peak" rather than "rush hours" for the same reasons I use it in my road-based work: it's shorter, concise, and doesn't get misconstrued as easily with the singular "peak hour" that I'm sure we can all agree doesn't really apply these days.

Not a fan of Yellow Line's dots between Mt V Sq and Ft Totten, though I do believe some degree of distinction is useful. The dots are too similar to the round shapes of stations. Consider some alternate line type.

For Farragut Crossing: whatever method is used to show connection; consider that it may aesthetically work also with Metro Center - Chinatown; a connection that is certainly feasible in the future. In contrast to the GGWash write-up above, however, I prefer to maintain the spacing between the bolded lines of a Metro Center / Chinatown connection... moving them too close could be misinterpreted too easily as all the lines coming together.

Pink Line instead of Silver? Defies popular use & may also be too similar in color to orange. As for Orange Spur vs Silver, I ultimately sided with the latter... I just don't think spurs are as user-friendly to the unfamiliar user.

Regarding color codes: is there an established issue w/ color-blind in identifying routes? If so, I could see a case made for color codes... but if not, then I see it as rather redundant; potentially confusing if unfamiliar users are provided with too much information.

by Bossi on Sep 6, 2011 11:43 am • link • report