There are four significant and conflicting aspects that make the New York City subway impossible to successfully map with just a diagrammatic or just a topographic format. To understand the challenge of visually communicating New York's subway one must understand New York's unique geography and its street system, both of which have an impact on the mapping. The unique complexity of New York's subway system In short, a better-designed subway map will make our subway system more open and accessible. For this reason the design of the subway map can directly influence ridership numbers and can indirectly have an effect on New York's traffic congestion and pollution. A well-designed map not only welcomes and empowers novices to use the subway but also encourages additional use for regular 'home-to-work-only' commuters to use the subway for recreational destinations where they might otherwise take a car. The subway map is the key to understanding this most complex subway in the world, which has 26 separate lines and 468 stations. Created with clarity and ease of use, it allows riders to navigate this vast system easily and without uncertainty. The Kick Map is designed to get more people to ride New York City's subway system.

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