Hacker News Reader

Berliner here as well, living near the Ring. I prefer the dogs head shape, with the ring shape visitors often travel around the longer (western) route of the ringbahn, causing delays.

I guess public acceptance of the change will be mixed as well, a new map is unfamiliar at first and any change costs cognitive energy.

View on HN

I would bet a lot on this map never making it into the public (accepted officially). Maybe a reworked version with better contrast.

I absolutely agree that it is hard to guess how long a trip will take with the current design. Would be great to have another dimension which could be activated in an interactive map to give an idea of time (e.g. line thickness).

Reply on news.ycombinator.com