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NYC subway ridership trends mapped

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Mike Frumin graphed the NYC subway ridership data back to 1905 and mapped it for each subway station. There are some interesting trends in there, including the rise of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but how the “growth decays at each successive stop away from Manhattan on the L train.” Also check out his full explanation of the project here.

(via Kottke)

Router font: Building a typeface

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

early-draft
Jeremy Mickel creates a typeface for the first time, inspired by typography in the subway station.