Shan X. Liao builds visual systems, documents cultural residue, and writes at the edge of memory and design. Brooklyn, for now.

廖玄林，位于纽约布鲁克林区，是一名高级平面设计师、制作总监。

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Tahoe–Truckee Area Transit, fantasy

October 2022

Tahoe–Truckee is a resort community that sits along the California and Nevada border centered around the ancient Lake Tahoe. It is home to an interstate transit agency that offers free service all day between its various communities, town centers, and ski resorts. Tahoe–Truckee Area Regional Transit (TART) offers 24/7 bus service within three mainline routes, three local routes, and three weekend ski shuttles.

As a rural community that is visited heavily by tourists, service can be infrequent. This map attempts to solve the problem of illustrating the system without a timetable by utilizing line thickness as an indicator of service frequency.

In this fantasy depiction of the Tahoe–Truckee area, the map diverges from reality at its route numbering system. The current numbering scheme is arbitrary and doesn’t say a whole lot without also listing the names of the termini. By adopting the state route number on which mainline routes cover, a routes service area is a little more clear to the rider by simply looking at the rollsign.

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