GojiMet86 Posted October 19, 2012 Share #1 Posted October 19, 2012 If anyone remembers, the old private companies like Triboro and Command had these types of timetables, with the map inside, and a map of each direction. http://web.archive.org/web/20110620001039/http://www.triborocoach.com/maps/q19as.pdf The RRTA (Red Rose Transit Authority) of Lancaster has very similar timetables: http://www.redrosetransit.com/Route1_web.pdf My question is what company or person is behind these timetables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted October 19, 2012 Share #2 Posted October 19, 2012 They are made from some map company, not sure which Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 19, 2012 Share #3 Posted October 19, 2012 I've noticed this before as well. Bee-Line is also based on this, but a newer version: http://transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Schedules/rte_13_9.4.12.pdf If you look closely under the "INSTRUCTIONS" box, for BL, it'll say "©2010 WCDOT, Design by Smartmaps, Inc.". SMARTMAPS is the maker http://www.smartmaps.com/ This would be the same company that made these tables. Edit: heh even MAPS are made from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q101viaSteinway Posted October 19, 2012 Share #4 Posted October 19, 2012 "They are made from some map company, not sure which" smartmaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted October 19, 2012 Share #5 Posted October 19, 2012 Funny you choose my home route, Mark. Smartmaps is a woman-owned graphic design firm specializing in the effective communication of passenger information to the public transportation industry. We have created thousands of system maps, individual route schedules, web graphics, bus stop signage, and shelter displays over the past twenty years. Our maps and schedules communicate to a wide spectrum of transit riders. They emphasize user-friendliness with a clear hierarchy of information elements that enhance rider comprehension. This creative approach to transit maps and graphics has earned Smartmaps national recognition as a leader in transit map design. We take pride in designing maps and schedules that virtually anyone can understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted October 19, 2012 Share #6 Posted October 19, 2012 Imagine if the had used smart maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted October 19, 2012 Share #7 Posted October 19, 2012 What did the Queens Surface schedules look like? I never seen one before only JB, GL, TC and CB PBL maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted October 19, 2012 What did the Queens Surface schedules look like? I never seen one before only JB, GL, TC and CB PBL maps. Ask and Thou Shall recieve. The Triboro timetables, with the Q19A, the Q53 Limited, and the QM10/QM11 Express timetables, along with the Queens Surface Corporation's Express bus timetable. I don't have any other private company timetables, and these two Queens Surface timetables are the only Queens Surface ones I have. I don't have a local timetable, and I don't know how it looks like. It's a long post: A comparison between a local, a limited, and an express Triboro timetable: The Queens Surface Corporation, with the QM1, QM1-A, QM2, QM2-A, QM3, QM4: And a throw in. A comparison between the 2006, the 2007 and the 2010 Q19A/Q69 timetables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted October 20, 2012 Share #9 Posted October 20, 2012 RIPTA also uses this schedule and map format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted October 20, 2012 Share #10 Posted October 20, 2012 Omnitrans has used a variant of these maps since 2008. http://www.omnitrans.org/schedules/pdf/Bus-Book-Sept-2012-FULL.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share #11 Posted October 20, 2012 Omnitrans has used a variant of these maps since 2008. http://www.omnitrans...t-2012-FULL.pdf Man, if only the MTA had a big one like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJC Posted October 24, 2012 Share #12 Posted October 24, 2012 This looks like another one of their products - a bit flashy for my taste, but still nicely done. http://www.cumtd.com/content/pdfs/mtd_mns_book_complete.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R40AstoriaLine Posted November 17, 2012 Share #13 Posted November 17, 2012 Ask and Thou Shall recieve. The Triboro timetables, with the Q19A, the Q53 Limited, and the QM10/QM11 Express timetables, along with the Queens Surface Corporation's Express bus timetable. I don't have any other private company timetables, and these two Queens Surface timetables are the only Queens Surface ones I have. I don't have a local timetable, and I don't know how it looks like. It's a long post: A comparison between a local, a limited, and an express Triboro timetable: The Queens Surface Corporation, with the QM1, QM1-A, QM2, QM2-A, QM3, QM4: And a throw in. A comparison between the 2006, the 2007 and the 2010 Q19A/Q69 timetables. I will give you up to $200 for the schedules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerdodge9 Posted November 17, 2012 Share #14 Posted November 17, 2012 Foamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendNdeed Posted January 17, 2013 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2013 I recently found your site and enjoy reading it. Yesterday, I posted info about the origins of the map format referred to in this thread. Did you receive that post? Just checking since I am new. Thanks and keep the info flowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendNdeed Posted January 18, 2013 Share #16 Posted January 18, 2013 My name is John Innes and I am the original developer of the two-map bus schedule format described above. I created it in 1988 while working as an independent graphic design contractor for K-Trans in Knoxville (now KAT). My client was marketing director David White and the General Manager was John Andrews. I credit these gentlemen with being the early adoptors of this unique format. While nationwide reports indicated that college seniors were unable to correctly read other city's timetables, this new format was correctly read 80% of the time by third-grade students. I brought the format to the company now called Smartmaps in exchange for being given employment there. At the suggestion of Atlanta's Ketchum Public Relations firm, Cobb County (GA) Transit adopted our new format. Those CCT schedules were named "Most Readable Transit Maps" by the American Passenger Transit Association. Other early clients included transit systems in Chattanooga, Anchorage, Little Rock, and elsewhere. I left Smartmaps on good terms in 1990 to finish my degree in graphic design at the University of Tennessee. Smartmaps went on to become the nation's premier provider of transit-related graphics. I now own User Friendly Maps, designers of parks, recreation, visitor and tourism maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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