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In case you missed the big news before the long weekend, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that it will be releasing a newly redesigned copy of its subway map sometime this June, the first update it’s had since 1998 (which was really just a continuation of the one made post-1979 when Massimo Vignelli‘s map was retired). The new map will make Manhattan a bit wider for easier reading, adds some drop shadow to the individual lines, changed up the colors and names a bit here and there, cut way back on the connecting bus information, and most fun of all: illustrates the service reductions, trimmed due to dwindling finances. For comparison, the NY Times put together this great illustration showing the differences between the current map and the upcoming new one.

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