The London Underground tube map is a global design icon.
The basic design concepts, especially that of mapping topologically rather than geographically, have been widely adopted for other network maps around the world.
However, the colour scheme is not accessible to people suffering from some forms of colour vision deficiency.
Sadly, Transport For London are not following through on their pledge as stated on their website:
‘We are committed to providing accessible transport for all, promoting equal opportunities, good relations between different groups and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
We believe transport is one of the most powerful mechanisms for tackling inequality and exclusion.
The Group Equality and Inclusion (E&I) team is responsible for leading TfL's agenda to achieve equality and inclusion across its services.’
We hope that by raising awareness to the principles of Colour Universal Design, we will convince Boris, his E&I team and the designers at TFL to make the tube map truly accessible to people who use their network and who visit London from across the world and rely on TFL’s colour coded tube map to navigate safely across London.
The tube map without colour, can be extremely confusing when colour is removed
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