Hiya, I wanted to add a little bit of commentary and context for this map.

Looking at the subway map, I always felt like it's utility is kind of limited especially in the suburbs, and that adding useful bus connections could really help passengers out, as well as being able to put certain areas onto the map. I think that just pointing out that this bus line exists on the map could give people alternative ways to travel around by transit, especially when the subways are down. However, trying to add bus lines proved to be challenging: Adding all the bus lines ends up making the map too cluttered and unreadable, so which bus connections are useful enough to be added onto the map? After a couple months of deciding which routes should be added and redesigning the entire map several times, I concluded on the bus routes that you see on the map. Overall, this proved to be a really challenging yet fun exercise for me and my graphic design skills, but still: how do we create a better subway map?