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The London Bus Map is a visual tool for linking buses to the faster tube and train network.
It is a unique refocusing on to what the bus network does best, that of adapting routes over time to match where people want to go. The experience of travelling the whole of London's network resulted in finding these vibrant go-to place centres.
No official London bus route network map is now published. For buses, it adds the missing visual travel planner to Transport-for-London's, aka TfL, official offerings of Plan-a-journey and TfL Go app.
2020 BRONZE award from International Institute for Information Design, Vienna
2012 WINNER LTA London Transport Award supported by Transport for London and London Councils, and recognise excellence in transport and reward innovation and progress for transport initiatives which are really working in London.
The London bus map was created from our own survey of London's places by riding all the bus routes. Buses are flexible in routing and change to optimise patronage thus revealing the vibrant place centers. This method exposes London's town, village and travel hub focused structure. It has become an important way in getting to grips with the metropolis and has shaped all quickmaps.
The London Bus Map aims to get you everywhere across the whole of London by tube and train, then connect using buses, ferries and trams to get closer to your destination.
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Pocket quickmaps covering inner city fare zones 1 and 2:
London all-on-one with coloured spot centres linking across maps with sights, parks and walks
London by Bus including sights, parks and walks
We perceive the world through visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. Maps engage the visual sense. Many prefer reading maps rather than reading text or conversing. One's eyes can scoot around maps rather than adhere to a strict line-by-line text. Spatial diagrammatic maps, such as Quickmaps, further reduce mental load through careful design. Seeing the network across the whole city makes navigation simpler as the subject parts remain in the same visual relationship. Repeated use, like the simpler Tube Maps of the past, has the effect of becoming increasingly satisfying. We hope you enjoy the diagrammatic world offered here.
Live London Bus Routes - useful live position of buses on individual route maps by Matthew Somerville
Greater London Bus Map - traditional format bus maps
TfL spider maps - local detail maps using bus lines
The London Bus magazine - excellent operating detail from enthusiasts
London Bus Routes - buses do actually plan to run to timetables, see them here
TfL bus changes - current notices
TfL consultations - have your say about proposed network changes
Mapping London - a mirad of wonderfully useful maps
* place name and route number search
* rubber sheeting to re-generate a geographically referenced diagram
* place and route roll-over information
* AI readable
* monitise indirectly
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(Technically each route is a polyline snake and all objects are svg convertable.)
The London Metro Map, a 'smoother faster' visual travel planner
This is the Quickmap offering for a clearer and more useful contemporary Tube Map combined with a Rail Map.
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