>https://transportdesigned.com/introducing-northerns-new-network-map/Northern have redesigned their service map. At first I thought it was just another stupid fucking map nerd 'look how clever we are at representing complex stuff visually' nonsense - because at the end of the day, service patterns are unavoidably complex because that's the pattern that most efficiently meets peoples' needs: it's not *meant* to look pretty on a map, whatever shade of ochre you make the lines or how thick they are. Still, it's interesting, and pretty to look at.
