New Map Design: Netzplan Wien
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Map Design: Netzplan Wien Ben Lode Private Vienna, Austria [email protected] Abstract—Since there was a need for schematic public known Ringstraße (boulevard around the inner city). The transport information on all transport modes in Vienna, I Vienna Ringstraße was also the central starting point of created the “Netzplan Wien” to be an overarching medium. Its nearly every tram line. goal was to archive legibility on paper format A3 and still showing urban trains, underground, tram and later on bus The colors of urban trains and underground lines were service within the city’s borders. adopted from existing maps to create a relevant recognition value for my map. Keywords—schematic, network, public transport, Vienna, Since there was no officially communicated transport urban trains, underground, tram, bus mode color for the tram, I chose black to ensure a high I. INTRODUCTION contrast to urban and underground lines. When I moved from Berlin to Vienna in 2009, I soon Terminus stations were highlighted by a bold font and the noted the lack of a compact schematic network map of corresponding line signature in the transport mode’s color. Vienna tram and bus service. Previously working at BVG, Urban trains and underground line signatures are represented the municipal transit company of Berlin, I was used to at in rectangles, which is held with the line’s color, while the least a schematic map showing the tram network. In Vienna, tram signature consists of a black circle and it’s number in there was only a schematic map of urban trains and white in it. This resembles to the way tram line numbers are underground and a folded city map showing urban trains, shown at stops and on the older cars. underground, tram and bus service available. C. Additional Requirements (Editions 2011 – now) So my goal was to fill the gap and develop a schematic As already mentioned, bus services were also to be mapping design, that would allow to represent the whole integrated into the map, holding to the specified design network of urban trains, underground and tram within of criteria. Vienna’s city borders and fit the A3 paper format, which I considered a suitable size for web and print. Furthermore, the design was adopted to rounded corners rather than sharp ones. All stop signatures then consisted of a II. METHODS white circle or ellipse with a black border. Previously, all stops that are not interchanges are shown in a rectangle in the A. General Requirements (Editions 2009 – 2010) line's color. To fulfill the need of an easy-to-use schematic map, I decided to adopt a common size of paper format A3. In 2012, I derived a tram-oriented version from the Transport companies like Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), original schematic map. The tram network was prominently Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) or Régie Autonome shown, while urban trains and underground were kept as des Transports Parisiens (RATP) distribute maps like I background in traffic mode colors. Tram lines were grouped intended to create for Vienna. by colors which often resembled their corresponding underground line. My approach to the nearly fundamental question of angles in schematic mapping consisted of the strict limitation In 2013, I derived a nightline version which aimed to of 0°, 45° and 90° angles to keep a clean shape of the combine Vienna‘s two different nighttime networks. On content. Station and stop names should be horizontal and nights before a working day, there’s only a bus network in only exceptionally at 45°. service, while on nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public Holidays, all five underground lines and a reduced bus Considering of the three transit systems to display on the service form the night network. map, I decided in favor to an all-or-nothing-strategy for lines and stations, combined with a clear hierarchy of all Both, tram and night network, maps kept the same transports modes, starting with regional and urban trains, geometry and appearence to – once again – raise the underground, tram and (later) bus service. recognition value between the three maps. I also discarded the idea of codifying service times or III. RESULTS &CONCLUSION timetables into the width of the lines, like Leipziger The network maps were released for free on the internet Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) did. Although one could argue that page www.netzplanwien.at, since – as a student – I had no service times, timetables and service patterns, especially funding for print and further dissemination. Several social concerning Vienna urban trains, were quite heterogenous. media interactions raised the prominence of all three B. Vienna Specialties schematic maps, including a Christmas edition. The maps are also avaiable via Android Öffi App. To sum up, a schematic The general requirements could have also suited for a map of Vienna’s public transport network, which is based on schematic map in any other city in Europe. So I chose to certain design principles, can be legible and easily include geographically relevant points of reference, e.g. the recognized and fits in A3 paper format. River Danube and its channel and also world-wide well- Copyright of this manuscript is retained by the author 1 38A Ri. Stockerau, Leopoldsberg Ri. 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