a call for a redesign on chicago
The Urbanophile has an outstanding post calling for a reinvention of the the Chicago Transit system. The post is an excellent critique on Chicago's system - from entrances, shelters, stations, uniforms and vehicles, it's also an incredible look at transit stations worldwide (like the Paris subway entrance above.)
As the Urbanophile points out, some cities have systems that are so great people actually take their out of town guests just to see them.
This is a great illustration that a successfully designed transit system can work very much like a fantastic advertising campaign - if all of the components are in sync, beautious magic happens. Either that, or people just ride the train to work.
Labels: architecture, design
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:53 AM
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