The subway map has become ubiquitous, adorning products like shower curtains, Converse high-top sneakers and Ray-Ban sunglasses, not to mention every platform and train in the city.

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA ...

The MTA on Wednesday unveiled a new “easily readable” New York City subway map for the first time in nearly 50 years — but straphangers knocked the redesigned graphic as a “complicated ...

Here's a closer look at how the new and old subway maps compare through Manhattan. The MTA graphic design team made changes up to the last minute, including making it clear at hubs, ...

Closer view. Here’s a closer look at how the new and old subway maps compare through Manhattan. The MTA graphic design team made changes up to the last minute, including making it clear at hubs ...

A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that hadn't changed is the subway map. That is, until now.

The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists.

New NYC Subway Map, Courtesy of the MTA. The map echoes a short-lived 1972 map created by Massimo Vignelli. That version, designed as a service map, ...

John Tauranac put New York City’s subway on the map — literally. The lifelong Upper West Sider, now 80, was the creative director for the MTA’s 1979 rail map, a version of which is still ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article. How do you best represent the complex New York City subway system on an easy-to-read map? That's a challenge John Tauranac has been working on since ...