How do you best represent the complex New York City subway system on an easy-to-read map? That's a challenge John Tauranac has been working on since the 1970s, when he chaired the MTA's subway map ...
A subway map hangs in a subway car October 26, 2004 in New York City. The New York City subway system opened in 1904 on October 27 when the IRT line went from City Hall to upper Manhattan.