walkNYC pedestrian maps by the pentacitygroup

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the new york city department of transportation (DOT) has introduced walkNYC, a new program of pedestrian maps designed by the pentacitygroup, a special consortium of designers that includes pentagram‘s new york office, wayfinding specialists cityID, industrial designers billings jackson design, engineers and urban planners RBA group, and cartographers and geographic information specialists t-kartor. the team worked closely with DOT and the city’s local Business Improvement Districts (BID) and other institutions and agencies to develop the program. the kiosks present two maps, one of local streets and the other of the area’s location in relation to a larger section of the city. pentagram have been working on the project since the late summer of 2011 and were responsible for a unique system of icons for the maps, including the drawings of the landmark buildings. the graphics use a custom version of helvetica created by monotype for the program. helvetica was chosen to complement the icon

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walkNYC pedestrian maps by the pentacitygroup

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