A qualitative evaluation of a proposed new metro map for Melbourne. William Cartwright

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1 A qualitative evaluation of a proposed new metro map for Melbourne William Cartwright

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9 Melbourne s rail system

10 Commuter rail model Centered on the CBD Main commuter rail station - Flinders Street Station 16 electrified lines Central City loop (underground) 207 stations 372 km of electrified lines

11 Development

12 1853 Melbourne to Hobson s Bay Railway Company formed in First railway line in Australia Flinders Street Station to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne)

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14 1853 Melbourne to Hobson s Bay Railway Company formed in First railway line in Australia Flinders Street Station to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne)

15 1853 Melbourne to Hobson s Bay Railway Company formed in First railway line in Australia 1859 Flinders Street Station to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne) Williamstown railway line Connecting Williamstown and Geelong to the new Spencer Street station

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17 Melbourne ca

18 Expanding the network

19 1880 Land Boom in Victoria Lines developed further from the centre Electrification

20 Melbourne

21 Sandringham Station at the Official Opening, 10th March, Melrose Street, Sandringham opposite railway station c1920

22 Boom and bust

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24 Victorian Railways Outer circle closes 1897 Inner circle closes 1948 Victorian Railways

25 Qu i c k T i m e a n d a d e c o m p re s s o r a re n e e d e d to s e e th i s p i c t u re. Melbourne train and tram guide 2014

26 Mapping Melbourne s metropolitan rail system

27 Melbourne suburban rail system. Victorian Railways, Melbourne : Railway Dept Source: SLV

28 1926 Victorian Railways map of Melbourne suburban lines. Victorian Railways. Melbourne: The Railways. Source: SLV

29 Railways & tramways map of Melbourne and suburbs, Collins Book Depot. Melbourne Source: SLV

30 + City Loop 1981

31 Qu ic k T im e a n d a d e c o m p re s s o r a re n e ed e d to s e e th is p ic tu re x3 fare zones

32 Qu ic k T im e a nd a d e c o m p re s s o r a re n e ed e d to s e e th i s p ic t u re x2 fare zones

33 A new map for Melbourne

34 A new map for Melbourne

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36 Exemplar of metropolitan rail system mapping

37 Henry C. (Harry) Beck ( ) Application: Transport

38 Sketch for London Underground map Henry C. (Harry) Beck ( ), Pencil and coloured ink

39 Beck s drawing for the map 1931

40 1933 pocket version

41 Beckesque followers

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43 George Salomon New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) map, 1958 Influenced by Beck

44 Erik Spiekermann, Berlin U-Bahn map 2014

45 Spiekermann: "My Berlin transit diagram owes a lot to Beck. It works very well for the Tube. It never pretends to work for other types of journeys. The only reason people are using it for everything else is that is appears to be so simple, hiding the whole complexity of London underneath those few lines and angles (The Independent, 2011).

46 A benchmark for evaluation

47 Beck s rules Geography above ground removed Except Thames River Only horizontal, vertical or 45 o lines for rail lines Colour coding (as per the F. H. Stingemore map of 1927) Tickmarks for stations Symbol for interchange stations Centre enlarged Outlying extents moved closer to the centre

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50 Beck design criteria Proposed new map for Melbourne Geography above ground removed (except for Thames River) No geography above ground whatsoever Only horizontal, vertical or 45 o lines for rail lines Rail lines colour coded Distinctive symbols for interchange stations Centre of map was enlarged for clarity Outlying extents of the rail system moved closer to the centre Only horizontal, vertical or 45 o lines for rail lines Rail lines colour coded Distinctive symbols for interchange stations Centre of map not enlarged enough No real compression of outlying stations

51 Add stylised rivers Yarra Maribyrnong Add stylised Bay Enlarge centre of map Compress outlying rail network

52 Going around in circles? Verdict

53 Missing link Good Cartography

54 Just considering the map is not enough

55 Cognitive Cartography Performance Cartography Material Cartography / Social Construction Cognitive Cartography

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60 A fantasy of orderiness Beck s London Underground map offered an image of organisational clarity, brilliantly presenting the increasingly chaotic city as an object of coherence Paul Elliman, 2006, Signal Failure, in Else/Where Mapping, J. Abrams and P. Hall (eds.), Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Design Institute, p. 172.

61 Language Beck s map Shapes the mental image of the city Gives prominence to lines and connections Focusses on the geography below ground Provides the connections

62 Outside influences on Beck: Modern consciousness of the time Re-configuring the spirit of place, of London, around the emerging concept of the information economy. + The city as a machine Thomas Elsaessen, 2000, Metropolis, London:BFI.

63 Machine aesthetic Already established in the formal languages of the avant-garde + The city as a machine metaphor Thomas Elsaessen, 2000, Metropolis, London:BFI.

64 Bressey Report, 1937 The Illustrated London News (28 May 1938)

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66 Outside influences and the Melbourne map

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70 Missing links Good Cartography + Cognitive Cartography

71 Thank you