It doesn't have a single map that shows all of it's services together." It doesn't announce transfers to bus lines at subway stations.
The MTA rarely advertises the fare integration between subway and bus. "The system has never been presented as one. In doing so, Denaro scaled back the information overload of the MTA's current bus maps and only included what he deemed to be the most-essential notes about where buses like the B57 and B62 run parallel, and where you can switch from the D train to the BX1. The new maps work to present bus routes and subway lines as one symbiotic transit system. Then the thought hit me: If I can transfer to the bus for free, why isn't there a map that shows where to connect with buses? Why does the system map only show subways?" In Jamaica, Pelham Bay Park, or Flushing, the biggest bus hubs in the city, you won’t find bus maps near the bus stops. "When you're standing around waiting for a bus, there aren't maps. It got him wondering why the train map is so ubiquitous, while bus maps are rarely seen outside of buses themselves. He recalls staring at the subway map while waiting late at night for a bus transfer en route to Jamaica, Queens. In a Medium post, Denaro describes his "long slow journey" of making the new maps. The map's goal is to show the full transportation power of a MetroCard, empower neighborhoods underserved by the subway system, and demystify bus routes to those who rarely even consider them as a means of transportation. New Yorkers' persistent allergy to riding the bus is part of the inspiration behind Anthony Denaro's new transit map, which imposes a carefully-structured chart of the MTA's sprawling bus system over subway lines and points out the intersections where transferring (for free!) from one to the other is most convenient. Don't you realize that access to hundreds of city bus routes is included in the price, and that some of them may even take you where you want to go? If you're paying for an unlimited MetroCard but only using the subway trains to get around, you're ripping yourself off.
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