Beck discarded real-world geography to reveal only what riders need — the order of stations and the connections between them.
Every route bends at 0°, 45°, or 90°, turning a tangled network into a pattern the eye can scan at speed.
The blob-and-tick marker handles the trickiest moment in a journey — switching lines — in a single glance.
One line, one hue. No labels required on a moving platform — colour alone tells you where you are.