Porto integrated transit map:
over 200 lines and 1000 stops
Buses, metro, trains,
and trams of Porto Metropoloitan Area —
all on one map
December 2023
Design experiment
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The integrated transit map of Porto aims to encompass various modes of transportation and illustrate the connections between them. The map features all bus routes provided by STCP, along with key routes from other commercial providers.
The map includes approximately 1000 bus and metro stops, offering information on significant points of interest such as hospitals, universities, historical buildings, religious and cultural institutions, parks, etc. It also includes the future Pink and Bordeau metro lines.
Designed to be printed at an optimal size of A0 (841 mm x 1189 mm), the map is as tall as a six-year-old child. The intention is to display it prominently at major bus, metro, and train stations.
This marks the inaugural edition of the map, constructed amidst various limitations, including data shortages, inconsistent information from different providers, format constraints, and, yet, insufficient research. Additional refinement is needed to finalize the map.
Designing a map on such a large scale, especially as an amateur without professional experience, demanded a high level of concentration, passion for the task at hand, careful observation of existing maps, and, most importantly, strategic thinking.
In the beginning, strategic thinking was lacking tremendously. The original project aimed to create a handy map of shortcuts for the Porto public transport system, presenting the most necessary indormation only.
However, without a specific plan or sufficient data, the project organically expanded, so I decided to incorporate all possible bus routes into the map, plus places of interest and other sort of data. It took me over 300 hours to finish the project. Later, this gigantic map helped me to construct the Map of Shortcuts in Porto. You can have a look at this project here .
Below, is a timelapse video of map making process.
This is a proposed map, not an official version, and may contain some inaccuracies. For up-to-date information, please refer to the official transport authorities. The logos of certain companies are used for illustrative purposes only and are protected by their respective copyrights. The map is not to scale.
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