A Quick Glance at Some Subway Maps

Here’s an unusual way to look at the world’s subway maps: as line drawings that also function as Rorschach tests.

And here’s another way to look at the London one: subway map as mirror. (Wouldn’t that be distracting? What if your mind starts wandering up the Northern line to Chalk Farm and Burnt Oak and wondering what could be out there?)

And then there are these card-sized stainless steel maps of subways (London, New York, and Paris) to keep in your wallet. But I have to tell you, I’ve looked at these up close and they’re hard to read (it’s nice when all the lines are color-coded). Even so, these would be handy to have around and certainly better than nothing if you find yourself, unexpectedly, in one of these cities and, for some reason, without a regular map, an iPhone app, or a cab.