Gallery: Map Envisions What a Worldwide Subway System Would Be Like
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ArtCodeData created the World Metro Map which connects more than 200 subway systems from around the world.
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The team of designers has been redrawing individual subway maps and then piecing them together. Here you see Berlin, Helsinki, London, and Chennai.
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The center of the map shows the oldest subway systems.
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The newer systems, many from former Soviet Union countries, are on the periphery (not pictured).
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The idea is to create a modern day version of New Babylon, a utopian vision from artist Constant Nieuwenhuys that sought to create a world without borders.
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Here you see connection points between Tokyo, New York, Paris, and SaoPaulo.
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Not a bad commute.
