London Tube Maps

As a proud londoner, i am disgusted to see our beloved trademark tube maps altered for the benefit of a small few.

the issue itself isn't really a big deal (well, for me, it kinda is), but it's the politics behind it, that get me really wound up.

i was reading the londonpaper on wednesday on the way home on the tube, and my eyes came across an article stating that the signiture tube maps will be changed, having taken out the river and the zone lines, because some people found it "confusing".

next day, i get into a tube station, and already, i start to see some tube maps changed...

i find this irritating because, a) the tube map was one of the trademarks of london which all proud londoners were proud of, b) i need to ****ING know where the zones are for my ****ING fares, but c) the PC liberal madness in city hall.

i don't know WHO THE **** thought that the tube maps were confusing? anyone who couldn't read one shouldn't be allowed to travel alone anyway, but, surely, there weren't many people who brought this up?
london, and indeed, the uk, has become a place in which the voice of the minority outspeaks the voice of the majority. democracy has become a joke. disgusting.

fight children

was that just a bit of general advice for people who might feel disgruntled at the end there?

fight with children. because you'll almost definitely win and its a great way to vent some steam.

Just noticed that yesterday and was slightly confused by it -_-; Definitely irritating and only adds to this confusion that they speak of.

Here's an amateur map made in response that I think is much better. Why does TfL fail to make something like this?

Um well the map confuses me
But I'm used to this http://glasgowtransport.co.uk/Glasgow-Subway-Map.jpg

I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE complain about the tube map being hard to read. I mean, they'd take the piss about how the circle line isn't a circle and the uselessness of some some lines/station, but never complain about it being hard to read. o_____O

Just noticed that yesterday and was slightly confused by it -_-; Definitely irritating and only adds to this confusion that they speak of.

Here's an amateur map made in response that I think is much better. Why does TfL fail to make something like this?

I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE complain about the tube map being hard to read. I mean, they'd take the piss about how the circle line isn't a circle and the uselessness of some some lines/station, but never complain about it being hard to read. o_____O

Um well the map confuses me

Boris is chairman of the TfL Board. Its operational head is its Commissioner. Whilst the Mayor may have the power to instruct, he does not deal with matters of internal administrivia, nor is he the primary official with oversight in these matters.